Russian President Putin Explains Russia's Stance On The Use Of Nuclear Weapons

Putin explains stance on use of nukes

Merely discussing the prospect lowers the threshold for actually using nuclear weapons, the Russian president warned

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CBC News: Putin implies nuclear attack if West interferes in Ukraine. Why it's not just an empty threat  

Putin warns interference would lead to 'such consequences that you have never encountered in your history' 

Russian President Vladimir Putin's implied warning that he could launch nuclear weapons against any country that interferes with his military campaign in Ukraine raises questions about just how seriously the West should take such threats. 

And while NATO allies, including the U.S., have assured they will not engage militarily in Ukraine, some experts suggest the Russian president's comments should not be taken as empty threats. 

"It is not something that he's just saying offhand because he's sort of trying to simply look tough," says James Cameron, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Oslo, where he is a member of the Oslo Nuclear Project specializing in arms control. "There is a rationale. There is the logic there."  

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WNU Editor: Here are my thoughts on Putin's recent comments when it comes to nuclear weapons. 

1) Russian President Putin only talks about nuclear weapons when a new "red line" has been crossed. 

2) Putin understands the current Western media and political narrative on Russia .... that according to the West Russia is brutal, criminal, hasty, disorganized, fractured, divided, weakening, and they are losing the war in Ukraine. A deteriorating military situation that will in the end force Russia to use nuclear weapons. 

3) The longer the war goes on and Russia does not use nuclear weapons will not only undermine the Western media and political narrative, but it will enhance Russia's global status as a responsible and stable global power. 

4) The West wants/hopes Russia will use nuclear weapons. That by provoking the Kremlin to use nuclear weapons will result in the fracturing of the growing alliance of countries that are now forming/developing around Russia and BRICS 

5) Putin's conditions on when Russia will use nuclear weapons was ambiguous and open to interpretations. He says nuclear weapons will be used when the existence of the Russian state was at stake. So what are the conditions when the state of Russian existence is at stake? Is it ground troops invading Russia, or is it when the 4 territories in Ukraine that Russia has annexed are in doubt. Putin does not say.

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