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Russia is once again brandishing the nuclear threat. Moscow announced on Monday the upcoming holding of nuclear exercises near Ukraine, ensuring that its forces could strike British military targets in Ukraine.and beyond”.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov clarified that it was about “the intention to send armed contingents to Ukraine, that is to say to place NATO soldiers facing the Russian army.” He pointed the finger at Emmanuel Macron, whose “very dangerous rhetoric”, as well as British and American representatives. In Washington, the Pentagon spokesperson, Pat Ryder, estimated that this was “an example of the type of irresponsible rhetoric we have seen from Russia in the past. This is totally inappropriate given the current security situation.”
These threats from Moscow come on the eve of the inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin of Vladimir Putin, who will officially begin a fifth term on Tuesday, and three days before the May 9 celebrations of the Soviet victory against Nazi Germany, the central element of the patriotic narrative from the Kremlin.
Since the large-scale attack on Ukraine in February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin has blown hot and cold on the possible use of nuclear weapons.
