The US administration has a plan of action in the use of nuclear weapons by Russia, said US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken CBS. The Secretary of State did not discuss specific measures, BBC reports.
Blinken’s statement was made against the backdrop of the words of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin that Moscow could use nuclear weapons in the event of a threat of the country’s territorial integrity. Blinken considered Putin’s rhetoric “irresponsible” and pointed out that Washington both publicly and private asked Moscow to stop “empty talk about nuclear weapons.”
Earlier, US Presidential Assistant Jake Sullivan said that Russia was warned about the catastrophic consequences of the use of such weapons, and promised the answer if this happens. He said that the contacts of the two states on this issue continue.
US Secretary of State expressed fears that if Putin decides to use nuclear weapons, no one can say no. “I think that the reason Russia got into the mess that is in which it is now in is partly that there is no one in the system who could effectively convey Putin that he acts incorrectly,” Blinken said.
to the question of whether the United States contacted the Kremlin in a private way of the threat of nuclear war, Blinken answered in the affirmative: “Yes. It is very important that Moscow hear from us and learn from us that the consequences of such a step will be terrifying. And we are very clearly made it understand. “
according to Blinken, Putin’s war in Ukraine has already failed:” From the very beginning, he said very clearly that his goal was to erase the identity of Ukraine as an independent country. This goal has already failed. Ukrainians are fighting for their land. They are fighting for There is no Russians. The Russians are not. The Russian military, who are thrown into this conflict, often do not know, neither where they are doing, nothing. This is not what they want to fight for. Ukrainians are fighting for their future. They are fighting for their land. They fight for their lives, ”added Blinken.