Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned he would not suppose Vladimir Putin is bluffing when he says Moscow could be prepared to make use of nuclear weapons to defend Russia.
The Russian president mentioned in a televised handle final week that Moscow would use “all out there means” to guard Russia and its folks if its territorial integrity have been threatened.
“Look, possibly yesterday it was bluff. Now, it could possibly be a actuality,” Zelensky, who had beforehand performed down such warnings as nuclear blackmail, advised CBS Information on Sunday.
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“I do not suppose he is bluffing,” Zelenskiy added.
The Ukrainian president mentioned Russian strikes on or close to two Ukrainian nuclear crops could possibly be thought-about “modern use of nuclear weapons or nuclear blackmail.”
Kyiv accuses Moscow of repeatedly shelling the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant in the course of the warfare in Ukraine, and extra just lately conducting a missile strike close to the Pivdennoukrainska nuclear plant.
Moscow denies shelling the Zaporizhzhia plant, accusing Kyiv of being accountable. It didn’t touch upon the Pivdennoukrainska strike.