Rosseno Aji, CNBC Indonesia
Sunday, 10/03/2024 20:00 WIB
Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin (via REUTERS/SPUTNIK)
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia-Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed a situation that would force his country to use nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war. These comments were made after Moscow scored a new victory in its territorial struggle in its neighboring country.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia would only use its nuclear arsenal if its country was threatened. He described the use of such weapons as weapons of separation.
“If there is something that threatens the existence of our country, then nuclear weapons (will be used),” he said, quoted by Russia Today, Sunday (10/3/2024).
In his annual address to the Federal Assembly last Thursday, President Putin reminded would-be aggressors that all previous attempts to conquer Russia had ended in failure. He emphasized that Moscow has a large nuclear arsenal.
The Russian leader also noted that Western officials are essentially fueling an all-out nuclear war with their escalating rhetoric.
“Now the consequences for would-be invaders will be much more tragic,” Putin said.
Meanwhile, Financial Timesciting leaked presentations by Russian Navy officers between 2008 and 2014, alleged that Moscow’s threshold for using short-range tactical nuclear weapons may be lower than Western defense experts estimate.
This rhetoric itself intensified when Russia managed to score a major victory in its war against Ukraine last month. It is known that the Moscow military succeeded in controlling the city of Avdiivka from Kyiv troops.
Putin called Avdiivka’s capture an “important victory.” The reason is, this seizure occurred amidst an acute shortage of ammunition in Ukraine, while United States (US) military assistance to Kyiv was delayed for months in Congress.
“The head of state congratulated the Russian army on this success, an important victory,” the Kremlin said in a statement on its website quoted Reuters.
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