2 minutes agoU.S. says signs Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons
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(2 years ago)The United States (SHBA) has not seen any signs that Russia is preparing to use any nuclear weapons and will continue to monitor it carefully, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said late Thursday. Miller made these comments because earlier in the day, Russian President Vladimir [...]
The United States (SHBA) has not seen any signs that Russia is preparing to use any nuclear weapons and will continue to monitor it carefully, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said late Thursday.
Miller made these comments after earlier in the day, Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, warned that Moscow has weapons to hit targets in the West.
This is not the first time we've heard irresponsible rhetoric from Vladimir Putin. This is not how the leader of a state armed with nuclear weapons” should speak, Miller said.
Speaking Thursday morning during a speech before the nation in Moscow, Putin said Western countries risk inciting a nuclear war if they send troops to fight in Ukraine.
” We also have weapons with which to hit targets on their territory”, Putin said. “Do they not understand this?”
The West needs the next “, in the end, to realise that all of this risks promoting a conflict with the use of nuclear weapons, and ultimately the destruction of civilisation”, he said.
“We remember the fate of those who once sent their contingents to our country's territory. But the consequences of possible interventions will be much more tragic now”, he added.
Earlier this week, France's President Emmanuel Macron, after a summit of European leaders held in Paris, said that despite now there is no consensus, no opportunity should be ruled out to help Ukraine, including sending Western troops to fight alongside Kiev, in order to prevent a Russian victory.
The United States and key European allies said this week they have no plans to send land troops to Ukraine.
Putin's speech was held ahead of the Russian presidential elections ahead of March 15th-17th, which the Kremlin hopes to use to show the nation's unity in support of Putin and the invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow launched in February 2022.
Russian elections are severely controlled by the Kremlin and are neither free nor fair, but are viewed by the Government as a need to convey a sense of legitimacy. / REL
