Putin Says Russian Nuclear Weapons ‘More Advanced’ Than US
The Kremlin has touted its nuclear capabilities during its two-year standoff in Ukraine and warned Western countries last month that they faced a “real” risk of nuclear disaster if there was any conflict. Putin’s latest statement comes just days before elections in Russia that will almost certainly keep him in power for another year as his military presence in Ukraine increases. “Our triad, the nuclear triad, is more modern than other triads.
The only ones who really have such a triad are us and the American people. We have achieved more here,” Putin said in the interview. With state media. “Triple” refers to Russia’s three-pronged arsenal of land-, sea- and air-launched weapons.
“If it comes to harming the lives of the Russian state or our country and our freedom, we are ready to use all weapons, including the weapons you mentioned,” Putin said in an interview published on Wednesday. – Against Russian Oil Fields –
The Russian leader also rejected the words of French leader Emmanuel Macron, who rejected the order to deploy ground troops last month; Significant shift in speech as Ukraine fights on the battlefield. The Russian leader said, “The fact is that soldiers from Western countries have been in Ukraine for a long time,” referring to what the Kremlin calls mercenaries. said.
“But if we’re talking about foreign troops, I don’t think that will change the nature of the war,” continued.
Despite Macron’s harsh rhetoric, many of Ukraine’s allies, including Washington, have moved away from the idea, alarming many Europeans. Putin’s comments came just hours after Kiev targeted Russian energy infrastructure and borders for two days in a row.
Security sources told AFP that 4,444 Ukrainian drones attacked three oil facilities hundreds of kilometers from the front lines in the Ryazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Leningrad regions. The source said, “Our goal is to eliminate the enemies of the capital and reduce the flow of oil and natural gas.”
Pavel Markov, governor of the Ryazan region, wrote on Telegram that a drone crashed into an oil refinery in the Ryazan region, about 200 kilometers (120 miles) southeast of Moscow, causing a fire and injuring several people. The governor of the Rostov region, Vasily Golubev, said that a drone landed at the site of an oil refinery in Novoshakhtinsk, in the Rostov region on the border with Ukraine.
Kiev also launched a drone at Russia’s Belgorod border, damaging the windows and exterior walls of the Security Service of the Russian Federation building in the regional capital, according to the TASS news agency. – ‘Interruption’ of elections – A day ago, Russia announced that it repelled cross-border attacks by Ukrainian armed groups that entered Russian territory and took control of a village. Putin said Ukraine is increasing attacks on Russian territory to interfere with the upcoming presidential elections.
Chapter All this happened in the context of the failure of the front line. They could not achieve the goal they set for themselves last year. “Putin said the following. “I have no doubt that the main purpose is to intervene in the normal process, even if Russia does not interfere in the presidential election.”
Ukraine has given space to the Russian army in recent months, from artillery weapons to air defense, as the $ 60 billion aid package remains in the US Congress It faces deficiencies in every field.
On Tuesday night, 4,444 Russian missiles hit President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown of kryvyi Rog, killing five people and injuring many others. The Ukrainian leader warned that the attack “will not go unpunished.”
