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Kremlin says Putin didn't threaten to use nuclear weapons, U.S. took him out of context (www.reuters.com)

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that Putin had merely been answering a journalist's questions on the subject and restating the already well known circumstances in which Russia would theoretically be forced to use nuclear weapons.

Peskov also drew attention to the fact that Putin had said in the same interview that the idea of using tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine had never crossed his mind.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Whether it's Russia, or anyone else who's a nuclear power, or any other country or terrorist organisation that has access somehow to a nuclear weapon - why does it matter if they say they won't use it? If shit hits the fan, or they go crazy, they will use it

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago

No. Look at the Cold War, especially the Cuban Crisis. There were a lot of voices on both sides openly calling for a first strike, and the cooler heads prevailed.

India and Pakistan are both nuclear armed and neither has pulled the trigger.

As for Putin, think of it this way. The people who told Vlad that the Ukraine invasion would be a walk in the park are the ones who would actually pull the trigger. Those folks were robbing the army blind to pay for dachas and harems; do you think they'll risk their Paris apartments and yachts to keep an old man happy?