Russian continuous threatening the use of nuclear weapons has already lost some of its power, and fewer and fewer countries take the constant warnings seriously. It was realized that any use of it would provoke further escalation of the Ukrainian conflict and even a response from NATO. Now it seems that Putin changes tactics.
Putin’s secret meeting on nuclear weapons
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced on Wednesday that the issue of Russia’s use of nuclear weapons is coming back into the spotlight. In a statement to the Russian media, he revealed that Vladimir Putin will meet later today with the most important people in the state, and especially for this purpose he convened an extraordinary meeting of the Security Council of Russia. According to Peskov, a meeting will concern nuclear deterrenceand Putin himself prepared a speech on this matter.
– The rest, for obvious reasons, will be classified as “top secret,” Peskov said.
For several months, Russia has been giving clear signals that in the face of constant fighting in Ukraine and the supply of new Western military equipment to this country, it will be forced to revise its nuclear doctrine. So far, the official Russian version stated that the use of nuclear weapons is possible in the event of a nuclear or conventional attack on Russia, if they threaten the existence of the state. Unofficially, according to Russian army documents obtained by the Financial Times, the use of this type of weapon would also be possible in the case of enemy incursions into Russian territory, or destruction of 20 percent. Russian submarines capable of carrying strategic weapons.
Russia: We can resume nuclear tests
About the fact that the Russians are getting closer to changing their approach to the use of nuclear energy, he made it clear two days ago Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of this country, Sergei Ryabkov. This time, his words did not refer to Ukraine and the war there, but were addressed directly to the USA, and his eyes were turned to the north. Ryabkov reminded that in case of emergency, Russia is ready to resume nuclear tests at the training ground located in the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago.
– As established and formulated by the President of the Russian Federation, we can carry out such tests, but we will not conduct them if the United States refrains from taking such steps in conducting tests, the diplomat threatened.
These words, in the Russians’ opinion, were a response to the US activities in the Far North, which has been planning to develop its military infrastructure there for several years.
