Due to the war in Ukraine, which continues for the fourth month, there are many who express fears that in the worst case scenario, Russia may use nuclear weapons.
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin rejected Moscow’s nuclear war threats on Friday, but warned that will not hesitate to use nuclear weapons, if deemed necessary.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, President Putin said: “We are not threatening anyone. “But everyone should know what we have and what we will use, if necessary, to defend our sovereignty.”
Due to the war in Ukraine, which continues for the fourth month, there are many who express fears that in the worst case scenario, Russia may use nuclear weapons.
Moscow has repeatedly refute these scenarios, emphasizing that, unlike the US, it has not adopted the “first strike” in its military doctrine.
Vladimir Putin called the “military operation” in Ukraine “necessary.” “Because of the growing dangers and threats against us, Russia’s decision to launch a special military operation was necessary,” said the Kremlin strongman, adding that the West had earlier “strengthened” Ukraine with weapons and military advisers.
The primary purpose of the operation, according to Putin, was to protect the Russian-speaking population in Donbass, which “has been subjected to genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.”
Prior to the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Putin recognized the two self-proclaimed People’s Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent.
The Russian president did not avoid a reference to his compatriots who have stated that they feel ashamed of this warsaying: “You know, there are those who are ashamed, who do not connect the fate and lives of themselves and their children with our homeland.”
Moscow does not object to a possible accession Of Ukraine in the European Union, but if it joins it will be “half a colony”, he stressed Vladimir Putin from the St. Petersburg World Economic Forum.
“We have nothing against it, it is their decision whether or not to join economic unions (…) It’s their business, it’s a matter for the Ukrainian people,” he said in an interview with Kazakh President Kasim-Zomart Tokayev.
Russia, which has been invading Ukraine since February 24, sees Kiev’s ambition to join NATO, which Moscow sees as a threat to its security. “But in terms of their economic integration, it is their (Ukrainians’) choice,” Putin said.
“The EU is not a military alliance, unlike NATO,” he explained.
However, the Russian president claimed that “Ukraine will become a half-colony” of Western countries if it joins the EU. “That’s my point,” he added.
The Russian president insisted that his country expects relations with Ukraine to be restored once the “special military operation” in that country is completed. “Sooner or later, the situation will return to normal,” Putin said.
Putin argued that Ukrainian production would not be useful to the European Union. He characteristically stated that, apart from the forest in the Carpathians, wheat and corn, the West “does not need anything else Ukrainian”.
He had previously threatened Western societies with instability Vladimir Putin, describing Western sanctions on Russia as a “double-edged sword” in his speech, which was delayed by almost two hours, after a cyber attack. “Nothing will be the same in world politics,” he said.
He described the West ‘s sanctions against Russia as “Reckless and paranoid” and as an attempt to “violently crush the Russian economy in one go.”
The president of Russia argued that with the sanctions European leaders have “Manages to hit hard” in their own economies. “Sanctions will cost the EU more than $ 400 billion,” he said.
“We are seeing a worsening of social and economic issues in Europe. In the US, we are also seeing increases in the prices of goods, food and electricity as well as car fuel. The standard of living of Europeans is falling, and their businesses are losing their competitiveness. “
Putin has argued that this will have long-term consequences across Europe, warning that a systematic economic downturn in the European economy will “aggravate the deep issues in Western societies.”
“The United States believes in being the center of the world […] declared their victory in the Cold War as [Îκανε] “London, and later came to consider themselves gods on planet Earth, who have no duties but only interests,” he said.
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