The threats of the Russian President on the stage of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum: “We have more nuclear weapons than all NATO countries,” said Putin, emphasizing that “the use of extreme measures is possible only if there is a danger to Moscow”. And again: “We will destroy all F-16s supplied by the United States to Ukraine.”
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Russia “moved the first part nuclear weapons In Belarus“We will achieve the goal by the end of the year,” President Vladimir Putin said in the spotlight at the International Economic Forum in his city of St. Petersburg, adding that Moscow “has more nuclear weapons than the countries of.” Born“.
Words to which US Secretary of State Antony Blinken promptly replied: “We see no signs of it.” Fly is preparing to use a nuclear weapon.” Belarus is a key ally of the Russia and served as a springboard for the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February last year.
Putin then said that the transfer of nuclear warheads would be completed by the end of the summer. “They want us to reduce them, but we won’t do that,” he fumed. The delivery of nuclear weapons to Minsk is “element of deterrence“A signal for those who are thinking of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia,” said the Kremlin’s number one. And when the forum moderator asked a more specific question about the possibility of using these bombs, he replied: “Why should we threaten the whole world? I have already said that the use of extreme measures is possible only when there is a threat to Russia.”
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In addition, the Russian president warned that the US had “set a precedent by using nuclear weapons.”
Putin then reiterated that Ukraine had “no chance” of succeeding in its counteroffensive. “You can’t fight like that for long anyway”Russia can destroy any building in the center of Kiev but it doesn’t for certain reasons,” he warned that all American F16 fighter jets delivered to Ukraine “will burn up, there’s no doubt about that.” Words of the Kremlin spokesman: Dmitry Peskovhe then had to specify in order to avoid diplomatic incidents: “Russia will destroy F-16s “only in Ukraine”. which Western countries will eventually ship to Kiev,” he corrected.
Meanwhile it is South African delegation arrived at Kyiv He has submitted peace proposals to the Ukrainian government, but will only release them after a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled for tomorrow. This was published by the Russian news agency Ria Novosti, citing diplomatic sources.