http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1690280/vladimir-putin-severe-consequences-nuclear-weapons-ukraine-russia-James-cleverly-ont
Putin threatened with 'severe consequences' if nuclear weapons deployed in Ukraine
The Foreign Secretary has insisted that the Russian leader was making increasingly wild statements to distract from his failing efforts to take Ukraine.
Tue, Nov 1, 2022
Vladimir Putin will face "severe consequences" if Moscow deploys nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly told the Commons. He also accused Russia's President of "exacting vengeance" by targeting essential infrastructure such as power stations and pulling out a grain export deal.
The deal, brokered by the UN, fell apart last week when Putin refused to ensure Ukraine's grain supply due to his claims that the Navy helped Kyiv carry out a drone attack in the Black Sea.
Mr Cleverly addressed the Commons with a powerful statement expressing the UK's continued support for President Zelensky and his forces.
He said: "The house will have noted Putin's irresponsible talk about nuclear weapons, and absurd claim that Ukraine plans to detonate a radiological dirty bomb on its own territory.
"No other country is talking about nuclear use. No country is threatening Russia or President Putin.
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Putin warns West: Threat to resort to nuclear weapons 'not a bluff ...
Putin issued the warning after accusing Western countries of resorting to "nuclear blackmail," despite no NATO countries threatening to use nuclear weapons. The threat comes as Russia's prospects ...
September 21, 2022 Fox News
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http://www.newsweek.com/russia-vladimir-putin-statements-nuclear-war-weapons-1729779
What Russia Said About Using Nuclear Weapons as Putin Warns No One Wins
8/1/22
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that a nuclear war is not an option, but his remarks are a stark contrast to previous statements from Russia.
Concerns about Russia using nuclear weapons have grown in recent months amid the Russia-Ukraine war, as experts have said Putin could order their use to achieve a quicker victory as his military has struggled to achieve his main objectives. But Putin appeared to try to quell these fears in a letter to a conference on the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, according to a report from Reuters.
"We proceed from the fact that there can be no winners in a nuclear war and it should never be unleashed, and we stand for equal and indivisible security for all members of the world community," Putin wrote.
However, Putin's letter uses a strikingly different tone than he and other Russian authorities have previously taken regarding the possible use of nuclear weapons.
In previous months, Putin's allies and Kremlin-aligned Russian state television have used fears of a nuclear attack to taunt the West—as well as to try to threaten world leaders who support Ukraine.
When Putin first launched the war on February 24, he warned that any attempt by other countries to interfere with his invasion would "lead you to such consequences that you have never encountered in your history," a remark taken by many to be a veiled nuclear threat.
Kremlin Previously Said Nuclear Threat Shouldn't Be 'Underestimated'
While Russian authorities have not made direct threats of nuclear war in recent months, they have made veiled warnings about the possibility. For instance, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned in April that while Russia wants to avoid nuclear war, he viewed the risks of such as "considerable."
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As I said before . . I believe Putin is (or has been) making nuclear threats in hopes of blackmailing others into giving him what he wants. And I am certain that giving Putin what he wants would be a HUGE mistake.
Remember . . we got Russia trying to steal Ukraine . . We got China nibbling at India and trying to seize everything of value in the South China Sea . . We got N. Korea who would like to make S. Korea bow down before it. . . We got those terrorist minded iranian mullahs . . . The list just goes on and on.
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Mad Poet Strikes Again.
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