Russia To Use Nuclear Weapons Only If Its Existence Is Threatened
Russia to use nuclear weapons only if its existence is threatened: Kremlin.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Russia would use nuclear weapons only if its existence was threatened. The news agency has given this information.
The remarks from Russia came nearly four weeks after sending its troops to Ukraine.
After Russia’s move to send troops to Ukraine, Western countries have expressed concern that the conflict there could turn into a nuclear war.
However, Tas has not given any further information about this at the moment. President Vladimir Putin last month ordered Russia’s nuclear forces to be put on high alert.
In line with the order, Russia’s Defense Ministry said on February 28 that its nuclear missile forces and the Northern and Pacific Fleet had been placed on combat duty, according to the Interfax news agency.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also expressed the possibility of a nuclear conflict, saying on March 14 that the possibility of a nuclear conflict was once unimaginable.
Ukrainian pilots overshadowing the Russian Air Force.
It is a matter of great surprise for Russia and the whole world in the war that has been going on for almost a month, how the state-of-the-art Russian Air Force has been kept on hold by the limited resources of Ukraine till now.
It was believed that the Russian Air Force would take possession of the Ukrainian sky in a very short time, but Ukrainian airmen have not allowed this to happen at the moment.
Andrey, a pilot, explains that he walks around while waiting for orders, and as soon as the word ‘air’ is pronounced, he takes his Su-27 supersonic jet into the sky without testing.
The mission is also not known, but the goal is the same, to keep the Russian Air Force in check.
Despite being a laggard in modernity, Ukrainian pilots are weaning the Russian Air Force from the bygone ‘top gun’ style of combat.
Andrey, 25, who has completed ten missions in this war so far, says that every time there are five times more jets of the Russian Air Force in the sky than us, but we persevere.
This bravery of Ukrainian pilots strengthened the ground troops and prevented too many bombings of cities.
Ukraine claims it has shot down 97 Russian planes. Ukrainian warplanes are flying secretly, sometimes from the airstrips of the attacked western region and sometimes from the highway.
It is estimated that Russia makes more than 200 shortties (test flights of warplanes) every day while Ukraine does only five to ten shortties.
Ukrainian pilots have an advantage. Russian planes fly over areas where the Ukrainian army is in control.
In such a situation, they are also attacked by anti-aircraft missiles. Ukraine now has only about 55 jets left.
