Russia's President Vladimir Putin.(RIA Novosti / Alexey Druzhinin)
Putin Threatens Nuclear War Over Ukraine -- Gordon G. Chang, Daily Beast
Raising the spectre of nuclear war over Ukraine, Russia’s Vladimir Putin is playing a new, and dangerous, game.
On Friday, as Russian Federation tanks and troops poured across the border into eastern Ukraine, Vladimir Putin talked about his country’s most destructive weaponry. “I want to remind you that Russia is one of the most powerful nuclear nations,” he said. “This is a reality, not just words.” Russia, he told listeners, is “strengthening our nuclear deterrence forces.”
That same day, Putin used a term for eastern Ukraine meaning “New Russia.” So when he refers to repelling “any aggression against Russia” and speaks of “nuclear deterrence,” as he did on Friday, the Russian president is really warning us he will use nukes to protect his grab of Ukrainian territory.
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My Comment: Is Russian President Putin serious .... I doubt it .... but he is scaring everyone right now.
Update: Russia is denying reports that it is making nuclear threats .... Russia outraged after Kiev accuses Moscow of nuclear attack threats -- RT
Well he isn't Nikita whacking the table with his shoe, but he is getting his point across.
ReplyDeleteNikita and his shoe .... groan .... that was an embarrassment.
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