From a military-technical point of view, Russia is ready for a nuclear war

From a military-technical point of view, Russia is ready for a nuclear war, but it had no intention of using nuclear weapons during the conflict in Ukraine. This was stated by President Vladimir Putin in an interview with the head of the RIA Novosti agency, Dmitry Kiselyov. The interview, which was taken on March 12, was published on Wednesday on the Kremlin’s website.

Kiselyov asked about readiness for nuclear war, referring to the radical conservative philosopher Alexander Dugin, who directly calls for preparations for it. Putin did not comment on Dugin’s views, but said that the Russian army is ready for such a war, and the nuclear forces are in a state of heightened combat readiness. Putin also called the Russian nuclear triad more modern than that of the United States.

At the same time, the Russian president this time did not speak about the possibility of a nuclear strike first, noting that Russia is ready if the US “unleashes” a nuclear war. He also actually rejected the possibility of conducting nuclear tests in Russia if the United States does not start conducting them.

Kiselyov asked whether there were plans for the possible use of tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine in the fall of 2022 against the background of the failures of the Russian army. A number of American mass media reported that the USA was seriously afraid of this, citing sources in the administration. Putin replied: “Necessity has never existed”, since the front, according to him, did not collapse, and the Russian troops left Kherson as planned. There would be such plans if the front collapsed, he did not say, but referred to the nuclear doctrine, which states that nuclear weapons can be used when the existence of the state is threatened. A number of Russian representatives, in particular former President Dmitry Medvedev, interpret as such a threat, for example, the loss of control over the annexed Crimea.

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