NATO members personally talked with relevant officials in Russia in order to warn them against the use of nuclear weapons. BBC reports that this is how Professor Michael Clark, the former general director of the Royal United United Institute of Defense Research (RUSI), a large British analytical center dealing with defense and security issues.
Answering the question of what could be the West reaction to a nuclear strike from Russia, Clark said that the Kremlin was already warned about this reaction. “After a few weeks ago, threats of the use of tactical nuclear weapons were made, the United States and three or four other NATO members personally contacted the relevant officials in Russia and the Russian General Staff to tell them: do not even think about it,” the analyst quotes the words of the analyst. British edition.
“They will not retell to us what exactly was said by them, but they should not do this, since, within the framework of the deterrence policy, some uncertainty should remain. However, apparently, the main idea that they had to convey was. The fact that we will not remain passive observers, we will not only make condemnation, but also do a lot of things, ”Clark continued.
According to him, representatives of the alliance informed their interlocutors in Moscow that the West would not use nuclear weapons in response, but will act in conventional means. “And we have enough conventional weapons to hit all your nuclear infrastructure and objects. If we only think that you are going to apply Yao, if we see the beginning of the preparations, we can attack the first,” so, according to the expert, there was a sent one Kremlin signal.
At the same time, Clark stipulates that although he does not know exactly what exactly was said, there is a general understanding that the meaning was just that.
NATO made it clear that the use of nuclear weapons is a red feature, having crossed, Russia will directly encounter the military power of the Alliance as part of conventional means, he added.