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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (1376375)	10/8/2022 1:46:39 AM
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Will Russia use nuclear weapons? Putin's warnings explained Reuters LONDON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin, who rules the world's biggest nuclear power, has repeatedly cautioned the West that any attack on Russia could provoke a nuclear response. Will Putin use nuclear weapons, how many such weapons does he command and how might the United States and the U.S.-led NATO military alliance respond? WILL PUTIN GO NUCLEAR? Much depends on how Putin perceives the threat to the Russian state and his rule. Putin casts the war in Ukraine as an existential battle between Russia and the West, which he says wants to destroy Russia and grab control its vast natural resources. Putin warned the West he was not bluffing when he said he'd be ready to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia. Some analysts say Putin is bluffing but Washington is taking Putin seriously. By claiming 18% of Ukraine as part of Russia, the room for nuclear threats increases as Putin could cast any attack on these territories as an attack on Russia itself. Latest Updates EXCLUSIVE U.S. Navy jet flew across Baltic hours after Nord Stream burst Putin orders seizure of Exxon-led Sakhalin 1 oil and gas project Erdogan and Putin discuss improving ties, ending Ukraine war Analysis: Defeats in Ukraine stoke crisis for Vladimir Putin Russia's nuclear doctrine allows for a nuclear strike after "aggression against the Russian Federation with conventional weapons when the very existence of the state is threatened". Many Russians live in Ukrainian territory that Putin has proclaimed as Russian, and breaking the post-World War Two nuclear taboo would not necessarily change the tactical situation on the ground. "He is bluffing right now," said Yuri Fyodorov, a military analyst based in Prague. "But what will happen in a week or a month from now is difficult to say - when he understands the war is lost." Asked if Putin was moving towards a nuclear attack, CIA Director William Burns told CBS: "We have to take very seriously his kind of threats given everything that's at stake." Burns, though, said U.S. intelligence had no "practical evidence" that Putin was moving towards using tactical nuclear weapons imminently. WHAT NUCLEAR WEAPONS COULD BE USED?No Russian official has called for a strategic nuclear weapons strike with the weapons that were designed to destroy cities in the United States, Russia, Europe and Asia. Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Russia's Chechnya region, said Moscow should consider using a low-yield tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine.