Putin prepares for nuclear response to massive Ukrainian airstrike. Zelensky accused Russia of preparing an attack on Ukraine’s nuclear power plants.
The war in ukraine It was one of the topics that came up at the United Nations (UN). During his last assembly, this Wednesday the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky accused to Russia planning attacks against its nuclear power plants. In parallel, the Russian president, Vladimir Putinwho did not participate in the international meeting, threatened a nuclear response if your country receives a massive air attack.
“I recently received another alarming report from our intelligence service. It seems that now Putin plans to attack our nuclear plants and infrastructure, to disconnect these facilities from the energy grid“Zelensky said in his speech at the UN.
The Ukrainian president warned his Russian counterpart that any such attack could lead to “a nuclear disaster.” He did not stop there. He also said that his people would never accept a peace imposed from outside, referring to negotiations by China and Brazil to mediate with Russia.
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As for the possibility of Putin agreeing to a peace deal, Zelensky was not optimistic. “You can only force Russia to make peace, and that is exactly what we must do: force Russia to make peace,” he said at the UN.
Russia’s nuclear threat
As Zelensky spoke at the UN, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a televised meeting with his advisers where he proposed changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine that would allow it to use nuclear weapons in response to a “massive” airstrike.
Putin’s warning comes at a time when Ukraine is asking for permission to use long-range weapons from its allies that would allow it to attack Russian territory. Faced with this threat, the Russian president proposes “considering an aggression against Russia by a non-nuclear country, but with the participation or support of a nuclear country, as a joint attack against the Russian Federation.”
Source: Ambito
