Russia Repeats Nuclear Threats as War in Ukraine Drags On

Russia Repeats Nuclear Threats as War in Ukraine Drags On

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Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West of trying to provoke him into using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, in comments in a Russian state television documentary film about his 25 years in power, CE Report quotes MIA.

"They wanted to provoke us, they wanted to make us make mistakes," he said in the film "Russia. Kremlin. Putin. 25 years." However, there was no need to use nuclear weapons, he said.

"And I hope that this will not be necessary in the future either."

Russia has sufficient forces and means to achieve everything that was necessary for Moscow in the war that began in 2022, he said, of the year the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Putin and his leadership have repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine and its allies in the course of the war.

The US government was under the impression that Moscow could be preparing to drop a nuclear bomb in the autumn of 2022, according to reports. Washington delivered a stern warning to Russia through diplomatic channels at the time.

The test attack with a new Russian medium-range missile on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro in November 2024 is also considered a nuclear threat.

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