The press secretary of the Russian Government, Dmitry Peskov, stated this Tuesday that his country is contemplating the possibility of use nuclear weapons if you are before an “existential threat”.
In an interview with the American channel CNN, Peskov replied that “if an existential threat, andthen it might be,” when asked under what circumstances the Kremlin would use its nuclear potential.
The Russian nuclear power: a threat that NATO cannot match
Giulio Maria Piantadosi
Russia believes it can control nuclear force and has developed tactical atomic weapons. A threat that NATO has underestimated and for which it is not fully prepared
The possibility of unleashing a nuclear conflict that would lead to the Third World war is one of the most recurrent arguments of the US government to reject direct participation in the war in Ukraine.
Russia and the United States are the two countries with a larger nuclear arsenal, although seven other countries also have nuclear weapons: China, France, UK, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea.
In his interview on CNN, Peskov andHe also acknowledged that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin“has not yet achieved” any of its military objectives in Ukraine, although it assured that the military operation in the Slavic country is being produced “in strict compliance with plans and goals fixed in advance.”
