Western intelligence received information: the US was preparing for the nuclear blow of the Russian Federation in Ukraine - CNN

According to official American people, the administration of Joe Biden was "especially concerned" by the fact that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation would apply tactical or combat nuclear weapons. In particular, the fear of the administration "was not just hypothetical - it was also based on some information we collected.

" From the end of the summer to the fall of 2022, the National Security Council convened a number of meetings in order to introduce plans in case of emergencies "in the event of or very clear signs that they are going to do something, attack with nuclear weapons, or if they just did it, How would we answer how we would try to prevent it or restrain it.

" The United States cooperated with allies to develop emergency plans in the event of a Russian nuclear attack and to transmit warnings to the Russian side about the consequences of the impact. The country also tried to get involved in the help of non -allies - China, India. In particular, official American persons believe that information and public statements and public statements of China Sed Cyinping and India's Prime Minister Narindra Modi have helped to avoid this situation.

The US believed that the Russian Federation could use nuclear weapons due to problems on the front. At the end of the summer of 2022, the Ukrainian soldiers stepped on the then temporarily occupied Kherson, which was considered "the largest award of Russia. " Baiden's administration believed that it could be a "potential trigger" for the use of nuclear weapons.

"If a considerable number of Russian troops were destroyed - if their lives were destroyed as such, it was a kind of a precursor to a potential threat directly to the Russian territory or Russian state," a high -ranking administration official said. Thus, the Russian Federation could consider a tactical nuclear strike as a deterrent to further losses of captured Ukrainian territories.

Also at that time the Russian Federation was spreading the story of an alleged Ukrainian "dirty bomb" that could be used against the Russian Federation. The US was convinced that this was a reason for the Russian Federation to "do something crazy. " In addition, the Western intelligence services received information that they openly discuss nuclear stroke between Russian officials. Tactical nuclear weapons were small, it can be fired from ordinary systems already placed on the battlefield.

"If they were going to use tactical nuclear weapons, especially tactical nuclear weapons of very low power, and especially if they were going to use only one or very small number, it was not one hundred percent clear to us (Western intelligence - ed. ) They would definitely know, " - said a high -ranking official. We will remind, on March 8 it was reported that the Russian Federation has 5580 nuclear warrior.