In a television interview, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the audience with brutal words: “The West wants to destroy Russia,” he told state television channel Rossiya 1 – and once again raised the issue of nuclear weapons. .
Major NATO countries have declared inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia as their main objective. “How can we ignore their nuclear capabilities under these conditions?” Putin asked.
The West has one goal: to dissolve the former Soviet Union and the Russian Federation, the president told the Tass news agency. The West is indirectly complicit in the crimes committed by Ukraine.
Russia started the invasion of Ukraine a year ago. The West speaks of an unjustified war of aggression and supports Ukraine with arms deliveries. According to experts, Russia has the largest nuclear arsenal in the world, with almost 6,000 warheads. Together, Russia and NATO’s leading power, the United States, possess about 90% of the world’s nuclear warheads.