Since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, this is not the first time that Russia has brandished the threat of nuclear weapons.
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According to a report published in the Russian Defense Journal, Military Mysl (literally ” military thought ” in French), and relayed Wednesday by the Russian news agency RIA, the United States would be worried about losing “ their dominance over the world “. They would, therefore, apparently planned to hit Russia to neutralize it. To counter this potential attack, Moscow is developing actively a promising form of strategic use of the Russian armed forces – a special operation “, reports RIA, their local AFP. That ” presupposes the use of modern offensive and defensive nuclear and non-nuclear strategic weapons, taking into account the latest military technologies ».
This same report adds that Vladimir Putin’s army must be able to show the United States that they could not cripple their nuclear missile system and that they would not be able to hinder their reprisals. Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, this is not the first time that Russia has brandished the threat of nuclear weapons, hitherto never carried out. Deterrence tactic? Provocation assumed?
The rumor of a chemical attack
On Tuesday, a senior Russian official accused Washington of preparing a chemical attack in Ukraine, as noted by the Daily Mail. Specializing in biochemistry, Lieutenant-General Igor Kirillov was responding to allegations by the former Russian ambassador to the United States, John Sullivan, who assured that Moscow was planning a similar attack on the invaded country. According to Moscow, it would be a conspiracy aimed at throwing on them all the responsibility for a large-scale attack carried out across the Atlantic.
