Putin had to change nuclear rhetoric: the West promised to respond by blows in Russia - ft

It is noted that last fall, Moscow received a serious warning from the event in the event of nuclear weapons during the war in Ukraine. This has long resolved the potential threat. The material mentioned that for the first time Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the possible use of nuclear weapons in February 2022, when the invasion was made.

In September of the same year, during the so -called "accession" of four Ukrainian regions to the Russian Federation, he again repeated that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation intended to "use all the means at disposal. " "These threats prompted the US, the United Kingdom and France to promise the answer with the help of ordinary weapons," said American journalist Max Seddon, citing anonymous officials.

A special role in this issue was also played by the Chairman of the China Si Jinping, who during his visit to Moscow warned a Russian colleague against the use of nuclear weapons. By the way, back in September last year, anonymous Western officials emphasized that the nuclear strike of Moscow in Ukraine could cause a response to the West with a nuclear weapon, mentioned in the material.

Also in October 2023, reports RIA-Novosti, Vladimir Putin acknowledged that Russia is not threatening anything now, so there is no use of nuclear weapons. "There is no such situation in which, let's say, something would threaten Russian statehood and the existence of the Russian state today," the President said.

Max Sedodon, after talking to experts, noted that the Kremlin is now returning to the topic of nuclear threats only when he wants to try to restrain the further military assistance of the event for Ukraine. We will remind, on October 26 it was reported that in the GRU evaluated "rehearsal" of nuclear blows in Russia. The Russians conducted nuclear training and launched several ballistic missiles. The intelligence is convinced that the enemy "performance" was not directed at all by Ukrainians.