“Our triad, the nuclear triad, is more modern than any other triad”The Russian president said this Wednesday, Vladimir Putin. He also announced that his arsenal is always “ready” for one nuclear war.
Putin stated in a television interview that nuclear weapons from your country are more modern and advanced that those of USA. He also praised the russian nuclear triadin reference to the three ways of throwing nuclear weaponsby land, sea and air.
“Our triad, the nuclear triad, is more modern than any other triad. Only we and the Americans really have such triads. AND we’ve come a lot further here“, said.
In that same line, Putin He added that his country is “ready” for a nuclear conflictbut never thought of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
“Why should we use means of mass destruction? There has never been such a need”he expressed, emphasizing that Russian military doctrine provides for the use of weapons of this type only if the existence of Russia is threatened or in case of “an attack on our sovereignty and independence”.
The statements come after Western countries accused the Russian president of launching threats evenings on a possible nuclear conflictspecially in Ukraine. They also arrive a few days before the start of the presidential elections in Russiawhich will take place on Friday and in which their re-election by a large majority lack of opposition.
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Putin targeted Macron for sending Western troops to Ukraine
On the other hand, the Russian president also reacted for the first time to the words of the French president Emmanuel Macronwhich on February 26 assured “do not exclude” he sending western troops to Ukraine. According to Putinthis wouldn’t change anything.
“If these are official military contingents from foreign countries, I am sure that this will not change the situation on the battlefield“, he claimed.
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Putin accused Ukraine of disrupting presidential elections
Putin also accused Ukraine of redouble their attacks on Russian territory to disrupt the presidential electionsplanned between March 15 to 17 and what does it have guaranteed win. For its part, Kyiv assures that it will continue its attacks in Russia while the Russian army occupies its territory and bombs its cities.
“The main objective, I have no doubt, if they fail to undermine the presidential election in Russiais at least trying to prevent citizens in some way express your will“, said.
Russia It’s in strength position since the failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the summer of 2023, but failed to defeat Ukrainetwo years after sending his troops there.
In parallel, Russian territory is subject to recurring drone attacks, artillery fire and, in a few cases, ground attacks.
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On Tuesday, pro-Ukrainian Russian fighters claimed to have crossed the russian border in an armed raid that left at least one dead and that Moscow He said he had rejected.
The attackers claimed to have taken the town of Tiotkinoin the region of Kursk and on Wednesday one of those groups, the Russian Freedom Legion, released a video in which two combatants claim to be fighting in the town. The AFP cannot confirm or deny this information.
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In the early hours of Wednesday there was a new attack by dozens of Ukrainian drones on Russian territory. One of them caused a new fire at a refinery in Ryazanabout 200 km southeast of Moscowindicated the governor of the region, Pavel Malkov.
Another drone was shot down on Wednesday as it approached an oil refinery in the region of Leningradnearly St. Petersburg (northwest), said the regional governor, Alexander Drozdenkoon Telegram.
Total, 58 drones attacked several Russian areas during the night and morningin particular Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk and Voronezhthe four border regions with Ukraineaccording to a statement from Ministry of Defence Russian, who assured that they were all destroyed.
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