Russia Shakes the UN with Nuclear Threats: A Chilling Message to the West

The highest-level Russian diplomat warned today Saturday about “trying to defeat a nuclear power“, in a speech given before the United Nations General Assembly and loaded with condemnations against what Russia sees as Western machinations in Ukraine and elsewhere in the world, including the UN itself.

Three days after the president of russia, Vladimir Putinexpressed a change in his country’s nuclear doctrine, the foreign minister, Sergei Lavrovaccused the West of using Ukraine — a country invaded by Russia in February 2022 — as a tool to try to “defeat” Moscow strategically and “prepare Europe for it and also launch into this suicidal adventure.”

“I will not speak here about the meaninglessness and danger of the very idea of ​​trying to defeat a nuclear power in combat, which is what Russia is,” he said.

🇷🇺Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed that it is foolish and a dangerous idea to try to defeat a nuclear power like Russia. In this sense, he said that Anglo-Saxon strategists are preparing Europe for a suicidal adventure. pic.twitter.com/KItQahuWxm

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The recent announcement of Putinwhich appeared to significantly lower the threshold for possible use of the Russia’s nuclear arsenalit was considered as a message to USA and other Western countries at a time when Ukraine seeks your approval to attack the Russia with long range weapons.

“Regardless of whether or not they authorize Ukraine that uses long-range weapons, then we will see what they understood from what they heard,” he said. Lavrov in a press conference after his speech today, Saturday.

The mere idea of ​​trying to fight “to victory” against a nuclear power like Russia is meaningless and dangerous, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the UN General Assembly. pic.twitter.com/E426XXZGih

— RT in Spanish (@ActualidadRT) September 28, 2024

More US military aid to Ukraine

This week, the government of the president Joe Biden announced an additional $2.7 billion in military aid to Ukrainebut this does not include the type of long-range weapons that the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyyit seeks, nor an authorization to use such weapons to attack deep into Russian territory.

The president of the United States, Joe Biden, and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, met this Thursday at the White House with the aim of coordinating a plan to accelerate the delivery of weapons to Ukraine before the American leader leaves office in January… pic.twitter.com/ImSHzxGIg9

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The specter of nuclear threats and confrontation loomed over the Ukrainian war from its beginning.

Shortly before the invasion, Putin He reminded the world that his country was “one of the most powerful nuclear states” and put its nuclear forces on high alert soon after.

His nuclear rhetoric has ramped up and toned down at different times since then.

Putin talks about nuclear weapons against Russia

On Wednesday, September 25, Putin He stated that yes Russia is attacked by any country supported by a nation with nuclear weaponsit will consider it as a joint attack.

He did not specify whether this will cause a nuclear responsebut he emphasized that Russia could use nuclear weapons in response to a conventional attack that posed a “critical threat to its sovereignty.”

Vladimir Putin announced that he has proposed introducing a series of clarifications to the country’s nuclear doctrine, specifically regarding the conditions for the use of this type of weapons.

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USA and the European Union They described his statements as “irresponsible.”

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