«Nuclear attackWas the hashtag that dominated the German-speaking Twitter in the wake of the announcement that, on Wednesday, it took place in Kaliningrad «electronic launch»Nuclear missile systems.
The range of the mobile system ballistic missiles Iskanders developed in the Russian enclave, amounts to 500 kilometers – a distance less than that which separates Kaliningrad from the first German villages encountered crossing the border with Poland. The exercise takes place a few weeks after its announcement Vladimir Putin that the army’s nuclear forces are on high alert, a statement that has been interpreted as a not-so-disguised threat.
“It would be the end of humanity”
«I will not rule out the possibility of using nuclear weaponsSaid the award winner a day earlier Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov. Contrary to the claims of Russian propaganda, such a thing “it would not mean the end of the war. It would be the end of humanity“, He concluded in his statements that were reproduced by many German media.
THE heavy weapons shipment Ukraine including the forthcoming accession of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Alliance are among the factors intensify the risk of a dramatic development.
According to observers cited by the ZDF network, for weeks Russian state television is trying to prepare the public for the use of nuclear weapons. Typical was the presentation, during a talk show on the Rossija 1 network, of a graphic showing Russian missiles carrying nuclear warheads. to be launched from Kaliningrad and hit Berlin in just 106 seconds. «So you have to talk to them, they do not take wordsCommented the presenter.
“We are not on the verge of nuclear war”
The analysis of the head of the Defense Committee of the German Parliament is cool Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman. «It is part of Vladimir Putin’s war tactics to unfold such scenarios before our eyes as to put us under psychological pressure, incorporating the historical ones into the anniversary of the end of World War II.He told the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND). «We should not adopt his narrative and certainly not wait in paralysis on May 9th“, He concluded, calling for calm.
At the same wavelength it appeared the military analyst Carlo Masala from Bundeswehr University in Munich. «We are not on the brink of nuclear war“He stressed speaking to ARD and recalling that in 2014, with the annexation of Crimea, Russia had declared its forces on high alert. «This is a warning, but not yet a nuclear escalation.»
Deutsche Welle
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