Putin told the US that Russia is ready for nuclear war

On March 13, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview that Russia is technically ready for a nuclear war and that if the United States sends troops to Ukraine, this will be considered a significant escalation of the conflict, reports Reuters.

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“From a military-technical point of view, we are, of course, ready. They (nuclear missiles - Ed.) we are constantly in a state of combat readiness,” said Putin in an interview with state propaganda media in response to a question about whether the country is really ready for nuclear war. “It is also a generally accepted thing that our triad, the nuclear triad, is more modern than any other triad. And such triads are only here among us and the Americans, in fact. And we have made much more progress here. Ours is more modern – the entire nuclear component. In general, in terms of carriers and charges, we have approximately parity, but ours is more modern. Everyone knows this, specialists know everything.”

On his words, if the United States decided to send its troops to Ukraine, the Russian Federation would regard such a step in the same way as the deployment of American troops on Russian territory, that is, as an intervention.

“We know what American troops are on Russian territory, they are interventionists. We will treat it this way, even if they appear on the territory of Ukraine. They understand this,” Putin said.

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“I said that Biden is a representative of the traditional political school... There, in addition to Biden and others, there are enough specialists in the field of Russian-American relations and in the field of strategic restraint. Therefore, I don’t think that everything here is rushing so head-on, but we are ready for this,” Putin concluded.

At the same time president The Russian Federation stated that there was never a need to use tactical nuclear weapons in the war against Ukraine, and when asked for clarification whether this meant that such a thought had not occurred to him, the Russian dictator replied: “No, why?”

“We have our own principles. They say that we are ready to use any weapons, including (tactical nuclear), if the question is about the existence of the Russian state, harming our sovereignty and independence. “We have everything spelled out in our strategy, we haven’t changed it,” he assured.

In addition, Putin said that Russia will be ready to negotiate on Ukraine, but only if they are based on reality.

“Are we ready to negotiate? Yes, we are ready, but we are ready only for negotiations, not based on any desires after the use of psychotropic drugs, but based on the realities that have developed, as they say in such cases, on the ground,” Putin answered the question.

“To negotiate now just because they are running out of ammunition is somehow ridiculous on our part,” he clarified.

Putin stressed that Russia would need written security guarantees in the event of any settlement.

“I don’t trust anyone, but we need guarantees. And the guarantees must be spelled out, they must be ones that would suit us, in which we will believe,” Putin noted.

“There is no such thing that I feel like the arbiter of the world’s destinies. I’m just working in the interests of Russia,” Putin explained in an interview.

"Nuclear saber rattling"

The Biden administration has insisted it has no plans to send troops to Ukraine, but has stressed the need to approve a stalled security aid bill for Ukraine.

The White House has said that in the past it has not seen any signs that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons. The Biden administration calls these threats mere “nuclear saber rattling” by Putin.

Mikhail Podolyak, a senior Ukrainian presidential official, views Putin's nuclear warning as propaganda designed to intimidate the West.

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“Realizing that things are not going well, Putin continues to use classic nuclear rhetoric. With the old Soviet hope - “be afraid and retreat!” Podolyak said. In his opinion, such conversations indicate that Putin is afraid of losing the war.

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