Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Western countries that there is a real risk of a nuclear war if countries send troops to fight in Ukraine. Moscow is capable of hitting any Western target with nuclear weapons. He issued this warning in an address to the country’s parliament and elites on Thursday (February 29). British news agency Reuters reported this news.
Putin, 71, repeated his accusations in the speech that the West was trying to weaken Russia. He indicated that Western leaders do not understand the grave danger they are running by interfering in Russia’s internal affairs.
On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron raised the idea of sending troops from European NATO countries to Ukraine. However, it was quickly rejected by the United States, Germany, Britain and other countries. Putin’s warning message came around Macron’s comments.
Putin said Western countries must understand that we also have nuclear weapons. Which can hit their territory. All this threatens the use of nuclear weapons and the destruction of human civilization. Do they not understand it?
Putin is almost certain to be re-elected for another six years in Russia’s presidential election on March 15-17. In the speech, he praised Russia’s advanced nuclear arsenal. He claimed that Russia has the largest nuclear arsenal in the world.
Russia’s relations with the West have deteriorated sharply since the start of the Ukraine war. This is the worst situation since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Earlier, Putin warned of the danger of direct conflict between Russia and NATO.
A visibly angry Putin hinted in Thursday’s speech that Western leaders could face the same fate as Adolf Hitler of Nazi Germany and Napoleon Bonaparte of France, who have failed to invade Russia in the past.
But this time the consequences will be even more tragic, Putin warned. They think of war as a cartoon.
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