Putin plays the “card” of “nuclear terror” – Zakharova: “The EU will dissolve”

The “card” of “nuclear terror” plays anew Vladimir Putin, wanting to show that he is not bluffing out of expediency or desperation, given the looming retreat of the Russian military in Kherson in southern Ukraine. In an apparent attempt to scare the international community, the president of Russia brought her example Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the conversation with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.

According to French diplomatic sources, Putin cynically declared that the bombings – which brought about the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II – proved that “you don’t have to attack the big cities to win”.

The United States dropped two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945 respectively, leaving thousands of civilians dead and wounded who suffered for decades from their injuries. Japan surrendered to the Allies on August 15.

“Macron was clearly upset. It sounded like a very heavy hint that Putin could detonate a tactical nuclear weapon in eastern Ukraine, leaving Kyiv intact. That seemed to be the gist of his remarks,” a French government source told the Daily Mail.

“Putin wants to send the message that all options are on the table, according to Russian doctrine regarding nuclear weapons,” he said.

“Russia is suffering heavy losses”

Russia is suffering heavy casualties in the ongoing “heavy” attacks in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region and is preparing new attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom Washington seems to be calling on to show, also said about the state of Russian forces. willingness” for talks with Moscow.

“Very heavy Russian attacks continue in the Donetsk region. The enemy is suffering heavy losses there,” Zelensky said in his video message broadcast late tonight.

Zelensky stated that he believes that Russia is “gathering forces and means for a possible repetition of massive attacks on our infrastructure, primarily energy infrastructure.”

“The EU will dissolve”

“Preparations for Ukraine’s accession to the European Union will take as long as the dissolution of the EU takes,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said emphatically on her Telegram channel.

European Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varelli told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper that preparations for Ukraine’s accession to the European Union will take years. Obviously, as long as it will take the dissolution of the EU,” said Zakharova characteristically.

Kherson without water and electricity after bombings

It is noted that the city of Kherson, which remains under the occupation of the Russian army despite the advance of Ukrainian forces, was today without electricity and without water, and the Kakovka dam, in the same area, was seriously damaged after the two blows it received for the for which Russians and Ukrainians blame each other.

Vladimir Saldo, head of the Moscow-appointed Kherson regional administration, assured Russian television Rossiya-24 that “electricians have already left to carry out repair work and power is expected to be restored today.”

“Following the terrorist attack, organized by the Ukrainian side, three concrete pylons with high-voltage transmission lines were damaged on the Berislav – Kakovka axis,” the occupying administration said earlier on Telegram. “Currently there is neither electricity nor water in the city (of Kherson) and in some districts of the region” annexed by Moscow in late September.

The head of the Ukrainian military command of the Kherson region, Yaroslav Yanusevych, said that “the Russian army blew up high-voltage power lines” 1.5 km long in Berislav. “The occupation forces also destroyed high-voltage lines leading to the city of Kherson,” causing “supply problems” for the city and other municipalities, according to the same source.

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