Russian President Vladimir Putin. Figure: Flip through Putin’s Facebook (file photo)
Russia’s aggression once morest Ukraine is in dire straits, with Russian President Vladimir Putin trying to raise the stakes by annexing Ukrainian lands, issuing mobilization orders and even threatening nuclear retaliation. Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen pointed out in an interview that if the West made concessions to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s nuclear blackmail, it would lead to China’s aggression once morest Taiwan.
Putin threatened to do everything possible to provide guarantees when Russia’s territorial integrity was threatened when he announced the mobilization order, stressing that this was not a “bluff”. According to Fox News, Rasmussen said in an interview that Putin’s veiled threat to use nuclear weapons during the Ukrainian war would send a signal to China if Western countries give in to the Kremlin. That is, it is feasible to invade Taiwan.
Rasmussen said in an interview with Fox News’ America Reports that the West should not respond weakly or condescendingly to Putin’s suggestion that his use of nuclear weapons was not a “bluff.” Putin’s veiled threats should be taken seriously, and Putin knew that any abrupt attack might lead to a massive counterattack in his country.
“We should never give in to nuclear blackmail, and if we give in to Putin just because he threatened to use nuclear weapons, it would send a very dangerous signal to dictators around the world,” Rasmussen said. He warned that the Chinese Communist Party is closely watching the war in Ukraine and that once the Chinese Communist Party is not afraid of a strong response from the West, the Chinese Communist Party will likely invade Taiwan. China will see the Western concessions to Putin “as an invitation to attack Taiwan.”
