Putin warns again Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty threatened

Thuban

Donbass is not NATO, it is Ukraine, it is very important to them. You might as well ask "how important is Hiroshima to Japan"?

Nobody is threatening your 1991 borders, Offender Putin!!!

ThubanToday  07:09 am JST

Even just 10% of Russia's arsenal being deployed would be absolutely catastrophic for NATO, the US and the world.

You miss the part where Russia is part of the world that will be devastated.

Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons 

Russia is not ready for much. If they prepare to use even tactical nukes, there will be a swift response, probably removing Putin from Planet Earth.

If you think you are outnumbered in a war, you may be tempted to use nuclear arsenal to change the situation. So, Putin's warming to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine may not be a simple bluff.

More chest thumping from the insecure little man!!!

Can anybody name another leader that has threatened the use of nukes to further his or her expansionist goals?

Putin isn't stupid enough to actually use them - he knows that it would result in Moscow becoming a city that used to exist.

It’s been two years since the war started. I’m sure Ukrainians are prepared to accept the loss of Donbass as the price of peace. The alternative would be years of hopeless war and more civilian casualties.

You can tell Russia is losing - Putin wouldn't be putting out this threat if he didn't feel he was on the edge of loss.

It’s been two years since the war started. I’m sure Ukrainians are prepared to accept the loss of Donbass as the price of peace.

They're not. Donbass is part of Ukraine. You may as well ask a man to willingly give up his left arm.

Putin sounding a little desperate. I've been hearing here that Russia has already won this war, so why is he in such a hurry to unwin it by throwing nukes around?

With more weapons coming in from the EU and US he's obviously a bit rattled, bless him.

Putin isn't stupid enough to actually use them - he knows that it would result in Moscow becoming a city that used to exist.

I think so too, but he is stupid enough to not realize that the biggest threat to Russian sovereignty so far is him making these threats.

Russia and nuclear attack is since the cold war.

If they even use all nuclear missiles the same amount is already going to Russia. There will be no winners or losers.

If they even use all nuclear missiles the same amount is already going to Russia. There will be no winners or losers.

Well, everyone will lose.

But Putin will lose big - he has a lot of his money in Moscow. He may even be in Moscow. As Putin only cares about Putin, all efforts must be made to ensure he is the one that loses the most, should he go this route.

The midget from Moscow talks up his big guns because his army decisively loses a conventional war with NATO.

He knows it. NATO knows it.

If a smaller country using a mix of weapons and with no navy and not much of an Air Force could turn a 3–day waltz into a 2 year morass, what chance would his rabble of conscripts and convicts, lead by corrupt drunks have against the world’s pre-eminent defense alliance?

So he talks up his boom-boom knowing full-well their use means the end of him.

Huffing and puffing from a doddering tyrant desperately trying to hide his weaknesses.

…and laughs.

lol, this clown is threatening to nuke the world almost as often as the Kim Dynasty has.

The nuclear weapons Ukraine gave to Russia in 1996 in exchange for a promise that Russia would never invade?

Putin made it very clear what would happen if Ukraine joined NATO.

Putin is making it very clear what will happen if US troops join the war.

…and laughs.

Say it without crying.. lol

When the Little Dictator, and his Mini-Me Medvedev, amp up the crazy talk, you know things are getting desperate in the Kremlin...

Putin is losing his debacle of a war in Ukraine, Russia's mothers and wives are revolting seeing their husbands led off to the front, and his own far-right nuts are going apoplectic seeing every Russian ship in the Black Sea either filled with holes or underwater...

He's losing everywhere, so stick to the old Kremlin playbook and make like a loon with your finger in the button...

Won't work Vlad - we know you're just full of hot air...

Say it without crying.. lol

Sometimes when it's funny enough, I admit, there are tears in my eyes.

Get ready for WWIII.

Responsible Putin does not equivocate regarding their national security, too important to allow any unknown or gray areas for NATO etc. Russians are always ready for war, but their strong deterrence makes it far less likely.

Naturally we hope it's only tactical nukes initially if this horror unfolds, but Russia did invent and leads the world in hypersonic missile tech., including submarine based. NK can attest to this tech. transfer as can China and Iran.

The danger/threat here has been EU/UK refusal to fully acknowledge President Putin is a clear and present danger to any future peace in Europe.

Exclusive: Tucker Carlson Interviews Vladimir Putin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOCWBhuDdDo

There are clear indications Putin ideology/paranoia and his histrionics, will shape his crooked interpretation of independence sovereignty, his firm belief, not only that Ukraine is Russian territory, also the satellite states of the former Soviet Union.

The threats to retaliate with tactical nuclear weapons, the bullying threats, proves he is convinced EU/UK will appease.

Russia did invent and leads the world in hypersonic missile tech.,

Hardly. Russia is the just the first country to use them. Inventing it was done in the 1960s ... cough, by the US. They were deployed since there was fear that only 14 locations where B-52s flew from could be hit and completely remove the US nuclear deterrent capability. In 1960, submarine test and in 1962, ICBMs. Both are hypersonic.

In the 1950s, the US started testing hypersonic missiles - those traveling above mach 5. These were only "test" programs for many decades, since the ICBMs and sub-launched missiles were considered enough of a nuclear deterrent. BTW, there were supersonic "dash" bombers deployed throughout the 1960s, but crew safety was a problem and the last B-58 Hustler was removed from service in 1972. Most people don't know anything about the B-58. They held numerous speed records, before the SR-71 was declassified.

But being first to any technology doesn't make it the best. Later generations will see flaws in the prior designs and correct for those issues.

Russians aren't "always ready for war", as we've learned. If they were, they wouldn't have so many equipment failures during the first 6 months of their current war.

If it came to that, the same fate would come to Washigton and other western cities. Russia would not just let Moscow " becoming a city that used to exist." without replying in kind.

The point is nobody is going to do it unless Putin starts it. It wouldn't be Moscow "replying in kind"

If Putin wants to commit suicide, no one is going to stop him, but there will be retaliation.

Yes.

It's in their national defence strategy.

Has been since the 1950's.

Is this considered BREAKING NEWS! now?

Lolz

The crucial question is whether President Putin has convinced himself that US/UK/EU, the west weakness, its fear, its refusal to take concerted action.

To support and supply game changing military hardware for Ukraine to force Putin to withdraw has now come back with severe consequences.

Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz outright refusal to supply Ukraine its huge stockpile of Taurus long-range cruise missiles, and President Macron empty boots policy has provided/convinced Putin EU/UK simply does not have the stomach, or the courage to defend Eastern Europe when threatened.

Most puffy, balding, flaccid old men get a sports car and a side-chick.

But not the murdering midget of Moscow.

He goes for the full-loony.

if we must quibble, Russia's massively deployed and used hypersonic thru out its nuclear triad. US and others trying to catch up. NK, China and Iran are all benefitting from Russia's operational expertise in hypersonic tech.

Fact that US researchers may have first invented something matter little in today's world, who has it and who has proven it on the battlefield. Only Russia.

Some analysts believe Russian nuclear strike capability as result of hypersonic tech, now hundreds of times greater than pre2018. Putin knows it and fears on one.

I meant NO ONE!

if we must quibble, Russia's massively deployed and used hypersonic thru out its nuclear triad

This is the one that was “unstoppable” until the patriot shot it down, right?

The one that routinely misses its targets and shares computer chips with washing machines?

LOL.

Someone needs to tell this shaky little man this : you, your entire family, fellow fascists and many of your compatriots will cease to exist should you ever be dumb enough to choose the nuclear option.

They will all just be permanent stains and shadows, burnt into the concrete wastelands of Moscow and St Petersburg. And it will be ZERO loss to humanity.

The conflict will be settled on Moscow's terms was one of the key takeaways.

Many elements of the interview didn't make it into this article he said:

directly put the leaders of the 'collective west' on notice that the balance of power in the world is shifting.

they are directly responsible for this shift with their unyielding aggression and economic exploitation.

pointed out the links Moscow has built with the brics, global south and the dynamics of this in a changing multipolar world.

denounced the history of western colonialism and economic serfdom the "golden billion" (the west) has imposed on most of the world and announced their "vampire ball" is coming to an end.

Of course they are, so does every Nuclear armed nation.

Why the heck everyone suddenly went gangsta since biden was elected? Have they gone mad or something?

5,800 nuclear weapons, each much more powerful than Hiroshima or Nagasaki could do a lot of damage.

The UK France and the US have equal number of nukes of similar power. Ｉts called MAD for a reason.

Putin talks about sovereignty, there wont be any sovereignty left if he starts a nuclear war. yes whichever country uses nukes first will be the instigator. your move Putin

Why the heck everyone suddenly went gangsta since biden was elected? Have they gone mad or something?

oh and apart from forcing Ukraine to surrender to Russia, what would Trump do to scare Putin into stopping, yeah exactly, nothing

If it came to that, the same fate would come to Washigton and other western cities. 

Acknowledged. I’ll take my chances in the US.

If Russia were that great and strong, you guys wouldn’t need to be on here every single day telling us how great and strong Russia is.

You are like used car salesmen and your techniques are pretty easy to spot.

Putin, Hamas, Rocket Man.

Most dogs can smell fear.

Result:

denounced the history of western colonialism and economic serfdom the "golden billion" (the west) has imposed on most of the world and announced their "vampire ball" is coming to an end.

Yeah whatever. The guy that straps a bomb to his chest and takes hostages just to try and win back his girlfriend never wins. A lot of people often die, but he never wins.

Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz outright refusal to supply Ukraine its huge stockpile of Taurus long-range cruise missiles, and President Macron empty boots policy has provided/convinced Putin EU/UK simply does not have the stomach, or the courage to defend Eastern Europe when threatened.

Meddling in Ukraine has been an unmitigated disaster for Europeans, and Germans in particular. Doubling down would be even more foolish. It's time to cut our losses, cut ties with the insane foreign policy hawks in Washington, and restart economic cooperation with Russia.

Most dogs can smell fear.

In my country it is only the MAGAs who are afraid for some reason. The rest of us aren’t.

restart economic cooperation with Russia.

Or we could just decouple from Russia as long as they are an aggressive entity. I like that idea better, and I vote.

There is no end in sight because the IDF terrorist are completely useless at anything but are really good at killing and slaughtering defenceless elderly and women and children showing white flags. The waving of white flags were everywhere on 07/10 but the IDF terrorist refuse to acknowledge and murder 1200 citizens which has been proven correct by many reliable Israel news sources and international news sources. If you hear different you are being lie to. Or they a promoting BS. One of the main job the IDF had to do on at the concert was to go around prying the white flag out of the death grip of slain young concert goers. Pure terrorist. Only a IDF terrorist group would such an action call the Hannibal directive. No legal legitimate Army would commit such a animal action.

Putin, Hamas, Rocket Man.

funny you should say that,

3 times Trump tried to do a deal with Rocket man, what did he accomplish, thats right NOTHING

Do people really think Putin is afraid of Trump LOL

Maybe it has something to do with last weeks reports of a NATO country foolishly threatening to use its troops to fight Russia.

Or we could just decouple from Russia as long as they are an aggressive entity. I like that idea better, and I vote.

There is no 'we' here. You are American, I'm not. Our interests are not aligned. Russia is our neighbour and the biggest country in Europe. Our economic competitiveness and prosperity relies largely on access to Russia's cheap natural resources. Yours does not.

Our economic competitiveness and prosperity relies largely on access to Russia's cheap natural resources. 

Not so cheap when one looks at the TCO, is it?

And what I mean by that is that Russia can use the threat of blackmail to turn off the taps. You need more reliable sources of energy that aren’t dependent on the whims of a bully.

Just some friendly advice from one wealthy democracy to another. You lie (and do business) with dogs, you get fleas (or freeze).

Ramsey - you used to appear so neutral in this topic. What happened?

HopeSpringsEternalToday 10:09 am JST

if we must quibble, Russia's massively deployed and used hypersonic thru out its nuclear triad.

And I'm sure our B-2 pilots will note that as they go to drop some big ones directly on Putin's head.

Putin knows it and fears on one.

He's so secure he had to bunker down from his mercenary rebellion and has to tell us all of the time about his toys that he knows he can never use.

M3M3M3. Totally agree with you. But You have acknowledge 30 years ago your thinking today would be class as stupidity but today very much on the money. What the USA has shown in the last 2.5 year is how their might has deteriorated. 30 year ago no one would think cargo shipping would take the long route to Asia but due to a few dessert deweller with $100 drone would keep the USA Navy at bay and the Suez closed. Trusted and loyal USA Allies like Australia found out today that the Sub deal which the USA approached Australia with has been reneged. Yes you can not trust the USA and it best to cut them out of NATO and start afresh.

M3M3M3Today 11:19 am JST

Our economic competitiveness and prosperity relies largely on access to Russia's cheap natural resources.

It also relies on you remaining independent of Russia somehow.

JJEToday 10:23 am JST

directly put the leaders of the 'collective west' on notice that the balance of power in the world is shifting.

they are directly responsible for this shift with their unyielding aggression and economic exploitation.

pointed out the links Moscow has built with the brics, global south and the dynamics of this in a changing multipolar world.

denounced the history of western colonialism and economic serfdom the "golden billion" (the west) has imposed on most of the world and announced their "vampire ball" is coming to an end.

Sounds like some real sane stuff. Perhaps he has neglected that he has turned Russia into a four legged canine belonging to China.

John-SanToday 11:37 am JST

Trusted and loyal USA Allies like Australia found out today that the Sub deal which the USA approached Australia with has been reneged. Yes you can not trust the USA and it best to cut them out of NATO and start afresh.

The only thing more ridiculous than our MAGAs claiming the US can go it alone, is you hangers on thinking you can go it alone.

At the end of the day, strongmen are cowards. If they weren’t, they wouldn’t be strongmen.

Putin is ready and willing to end the world. Megalomaniac.

TaiwanIsNotChinaToday 11:36 am JST

Putin knows it and fears on one.

Except for the 124 parties to the Rome statute.

wallaceToday 11:46 am JST

Putin is ready and willing to end the world. Megalomaniac.

Putin has two daughters. We don't know the full extent of his mental illness, but he probably realizes ending Russia would be an end to everything he possibly cares for.

“It shouldn't be a break for the enemy to rearm, but a serious talk involving the guarantees of security for the Russian Federation,” he said.

He indicated no ceasefire and yet another Minsk hoax. Putin made clear the goals will be achieved and he is in the driving seat.

Russia is a nuclear power - it's no secret. Any country that has nuclear weapons bears responsibility both for its own safety and for the security of the world. And if some countries do not understand this and they try to provoke and sometimes threaten, they must clearly understand what this can lead to. Each nuclear power has its own doctrine on the use of such weapons, and this is no secret. Therefore, everyone who writes here about threats from Russia themselves bears responsibility for the steps that Russia will take in the event of a threat to the integrity and security of the Russian state. Russia has been demanding security guarantees for years, but NATO countries refuse to provide them. Therefore, before raising panic, you need to familiarize yourself with the documents that the Russian Federation proposed to consider on the world stage two years ago. And countries and NATO members threw this document into the trash. And now they are still planning to take part in the conflict under the guise of peaceful intentions. Here we still need to see who is muddying the waters.

Only a lunatic would threaten a nuclear war.

he indicated no ceasefire and yet another Minsk hoax

Great. Nobody asked for one. Except you guys of course. Every day.

And countries and NATO members threw this document into the trash.

Yup, which is where it belongs. There are no guarantees in this life or the next.

Nic - it sounds like you are saying that a nuclear power should be able to do whatever it wants when the counter-party is non-nuclear. Is that what you are trying to suggest?

 in such a scenario is not the kind of retirement any of us had in mind , right?

It's not about me, you see.

UChosePoorlyToday  12:10 pm JST

And countries and NATO members threw this document into the trash.

Yup, which is where it belongs. There are no guarantees in this life or the next.

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Well, if so, what's the problem? We continue to work. If in your opinion it was not important and they did not listen to him, as the President said

RF then listen to him now. This is what everyone is doing now

I've got a straight message for Putin and his groupies. He obviously keeps forgetting that MAD means that if he uses nukes for any reason besides a retalitory nuclear strike (aka someone sends a nuke his way first), he will no longer have a country to rule, expand, or live in. No soldiers, no people to rule, no pleasant morning coffee/tea or w/e he drinks in the morning, no more palace, no more luxury lifestyle... Peace brings prosperity, but he chose invasion and expansion of Russian territory for his own delusions of grandeur and "reclaiming old imperial/USSR conquered territory".

There is always a choice for humanity to make this planet paradise on Earth for us to all live in happy, and in peace... or the choice to create our own hell on Earth, where there is nothing but misery and suffering. Putin and the Duma need to figure it out properly, because they chose the path of hell on Earth by their own delusions and self created entitlement.

M3M3M3

Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz outright refusal to supply Ukraine its huge stockpile of Taurus long-range cruise missiles, and President Macron empty boots policy has provided/convinced Putin EU/UK simply does not have the stomach, or the courage to defend Eastern Europe when threatened.

Meddling in Ukraine has been an unmitigated disaster for Europeans, and Germans in particular. Doubling down would be even more foolish. It's time to cut our losses, cut ties with the insane foreign policy hawks in Washington, and restart economic cooperation with Russia.

The only country meddling in Ukraine is Russia.