"Nuclear weapons" lost effect: the Kremlin is looking for new options - isw

Russia can look for a "thinner and limited" response to the event that nuclear threats are no longer available. In addition, Moscow's threats are dissatisfied with some of its allies. The Kremlin reviews the efficiency of "nuclear weapons" to influence the political debate of the event on the support of Ukraine and the permission of the Armed Forces on long -range blows to the Russian Federation with Western weapons.

This is stated in the report of the American Institute for War Study (ISW) on September 22. Journalists spoke with unnamed officials close to high -ranking Russian diplomats. They said that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be aware that his nuclear threats are losing power over Western officials. It is possible that the Kremlin will develop a "thinner and limited" response to the event if the event allows it to beat its weapons deep into Russia.

The Russian official, whose name was hidden, stated that the nuclear threats of the Russian Federation are "frightened" and officials of the aggressor country are aware of it. At the same time, the hostile scientist said that the partners of the Russian Federation in the global south were dissatisfied with these threats.

"Isw cannot independently check the truth of Washington Post sources, but these reports are consistent with different ISW estimates about how the Kremlin uses nuclear weapons to promote the event, and that such statements are not a sign of Russia's willingness to use nuclear weapons," analysts said. According to them, "finely veiled Kremlin threats" about nuclear threats are intended to disrupt or delay the key decisions of the event for the military assistance of Ukraine.

However, the ISW believes that the Russian Federation is unlikely to really dare to hit nuclear weapons. We will remind, satellite images showed that in Russia the launch of the rocket "Sarmat" failed. Osint-researcher George Barros suggested that the explosion occurred almost immediately after ignition or start. On September 22, the ISW reported that this test was already the fourth known failure. Despite this, in 2023 the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation took "Sarmat" for combat duty.