Putin’s former Satan-2 hypersonic missile chief issues chilling nuclear warning hours after Ukraine ‘assassination bid’
foreign policy think tank, Keir Giles says Russia’s constant nuclear intimidation has so far delivered success.
But he says that while the chances of Putin actually using weapons remains slim - or “non-zero” as he puts it - they cannot be completely excluded. Giles says Russia could use nuclear weapons “as the only means of avoiding admission of a clear defeat”. “One or more nuclear strikes could form part of a scorched earth response intended simply to cause misery and destruction in Ukraine in recognition of Russian failure to conquer it,” she said.
Russian nuclear strikes have to be officially signed off by Putin, who uses a small briefcase known as "The Cheget" - his equivalent of the US President's so-called "nuclear football".
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