With the escalation of tension between Russia and the West on the background of military operation launched on Ukrainian territory on February 24, The threat of nuclear weapons is back.
Today, Sunday, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, threatened to destroy the North Atlantic Treaty Organization “NATO” within half an hour if a nuclear war broke out.
We won’t allow it
He pointed out that his country “will destroy NATO countries in half an hour” in the event of any nuclear war, according to Russian media.
However, he stressed at the same time that Moscow will not allow this to happen, because the consequences of nuclear war will affect the whole world.
It is noteworthy that since the launch of the Russian operation in Ukraine, international fears have risen regarding the possibility of an expansion of the conflict, and even the outbreak of a third world war, and possibly nuclear, especially following some Russian statements fueled those fears.
(AFP)
Russia has warned more than once once morest the expansion of the alliance, which has become a spearhead in its position once morest it, and strongly supportive of Kiev, in the European East, stressing that any threat to its security may push it to deploy nuclear weapons.
What made all Western countries warn once morest even considering such an option, but the Russian Foreign Ministry repeatedly clarified that it did not threaten to use nuclear weapons, but rather warned once morest not taking Russia’s security concerns into consideration.
