By Ben Kerrigan-
Nato must calculate all the possible outcomes of its behaviour when dealing with a nuclear power.
Russia has the right to use nuclear weapons if it is threatened by Nato, Russia’s senior diplomat has claimed.
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The message from Russia’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov,(pictured) highlights the real risks of the present war in Ukraine blowing out of proportion and to all egos and political ideologies connected to this most unlawful and political war in Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin has been subjected to the most strict sanctions from the West in response to his unprovoked aggressive war against Ukraine, which has been met with the sternest resistance much to the surprise of the Russians themselves.
Nato and EU countries have mobilized tanks to Ukraine and sent weapons to aid their bloody war against a despotic ruler, with the British Foreign Ministry warning Russia on more than one occasion not to enter Nato’s territory in any firm or shape, as it would be deemed an act of war.
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Shortly after the outbreak of war in February, Putin placed Moscow’s nuclear forces on “high alert” and began drills of its nuclear submarine fleet.
On Tuesday his spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, refused to rule out the use of nuclear weapons if they were faced with an “existential threat”.
Today, Russia;s spokesperson, Dmitry Polyanskiy, the Russian deputy ambassador to the UN, reminded Nato and the world that Moscow reserved the right to deploy nuclear weapons if “provoked”.
Asked if Putin was right to hold the prospect of nuclear war over the rest of the world, Polyanskiy told Sky News: “If Russia is provoked by Nato, if Russia is attacked by Nato, why not, we are a nuclear power.
“I don’t think it’s the right thing to be saying. But it’s not the right thing to threaten Russia, and to try to interfere.”So when you’re dealing with a nuclear power, of course, you have to calculate all the possible outcomes of your behaviour.”
Polyanskiy did elaborate on what would constitute provocation, but that could reasonably be surmised to be any action that leads bullish Russia to believe Nato a full blown war is inevitable due to action it takes. Russian president, Vladimir Putin, is losing popularity in his own country due to the costly consequences of the war in Ukraine, which has seen Russia marginalized from almost every aspect of the world economy.
The severity of his dictatorial regime, which practically forbids his own people from opposing him or his political ideals has made him a much despised figure in his own country, nonetheless forcing those in his circle and media led corporations to pay lip service to his rules and authority. He still remains an extremely dangerous force by historical and modern standards , but not quite as evil as Adolf Hitler was.
Russia is believed to possess the most nuclear weapons of all the countries that have them, and is also the most irresponsible and dictatorial.
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS), which compiles the list of the world’s nuclear weapons, Russia has a total inventory of 5,977 nuclear warheads, including stockpiled and retired warheads, according to the Federation of American Scientists (FAS),
Of that figure, 1,588 are deployed strategic warheads on ballistic missiles and at bomber bases.
Another 2,889 of Russia’s warheads are non-deployed or reserve weapons. Added together, this gives a military stockpile total of 4,477 nuclear warheads.
So, what are the chances Russia would use nuclear weapons?
Peskov told CNN on Tuesday when a similar question was put to him that Russia would would use nuclear weapons in the context of the Ukraine conflict only if it were facing an “existential threat”, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told CNN International on Tuesday.
“We have a concept of domestic security, and it’s public. You can read all the reasons for nuclear arms to be used,” Peskov said. “So if it is an existential threat for our country, then it can be used in accordance with our concept.”
The warning from Russia comes as the leaders of Nato member countries gathered in Brussels for an emergency summit to discuss the latest situation a month on from the start of the Russian invasion.
Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said the battlegroups – each numbering between 1,000 and 1,500 troops – would be deployed in Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria.
Russia has struggled to dominate the war against Ukraine.
The Ukrainian military has proved not only motivated and tactically skilled, combining light infantry with anti-tank weapons, drones, and artillery fire to repeatedly defeat much larger Russian military formations. It has received heavy support from the UK and Nato countries, together strengthening its might tremendously. Some observers even believe Ukraine might be winning this war, despite all the desperate cries from Volodymyr Zelensky for Nato to close the skies, and risk a more grave war.
The world watches the bitter war, but its commentators must not over tease or provoke a potentially deranged leader to consider the unthinkable. Undermining threats from Russia to go nuclear are also foolish, and should not be entertained.
If there have many any wise words to come out of Russia, it is that the UK, Nato, U.S, and all involved, must calculate the potential outcomes of its decisions and actions.
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