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Burns said during a press conference: "We do not see, at the present stage, as an intelligence service, concrete evidence showing that Russia Preparing to deploy or even potentially use tactical nuclear weapons".
Burns added, at the conference organized by the newspaper "Financial Times": "We cannot underestimate these possibilities".
He continued: "So we remain very focused, as the intelligence service, on those possibilities at this time of very high Russian stakes.".
Russia put its nuclear deterrent forces on high alert shortly after dispatch Russian President Vladimir Putin forces into Ukraine on February 24. Putin also made tacit threats indicating his willingness to deploy tactical nuclear weapons.
and warned Putin I refused "very fast" If the West intervened directly in the Ukrainian conflict.
Observers say that in recent days, Russian state television has made the use of nuclear weapons more acceptable to the public.
On the other hand, Burns revealed that the Russian president believes that the escalation of the military conflict in Ukraine "He will improve what he can get from the war".
He added: "He (Putin) is in such a state of mind that he does not believe he can afford to lose.. I think he is still convinced that escalating the war will enable him to make progress.".
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Burns said during a press conference: “We do not see at the present stage, as an intelligence service, concrete evidence to show that Russia preparing to deploy or even potentially use tactical nuclear weapons.”
“We cannot underestimate these possibilities,” Burns added, at the conference organized by the Financial Times.
He continued, “Therefore, as an intelligence service, we remain very focused … on these possibilities at this time when the Russian stakes are very high.”
Russia put its nuclear deterrent forces on high alert shortly after dispatch Russian President Vladimir Putin forces into Ukraine on February 24. Putin also made tacit threats indicating his willingness to deploy tactical nuclear weapons.
and warned Putin of a “very quick” response if the West intervened directly in the Ukrainian conflict.
Observers say that in recent days Russian state television has made the use of nuclear weapons more acceptable to the public.
On the other hand, Burns revealed that the Russian president believes that the escalation of the military conflict in Ukraine “He will improve what he can get from the war.”
And he added, “He (Putin) is in a state of mind that makes him not believe that he can bear the loss. I think he is still convinced that the escalation of the war will enable him to make progress.”