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Using Nuclear Weapons In Ukraine “Makes No Sense At All To Us”: Vladimir Putin


Using nuclear weapons in Ukraine makes us unconscious: Vladimir Putin

Talks between Kyiv and Moscow have been stalled since March, with each side blaming the other for the stalemate

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The world is perhaps entering the “most dangerous” decade since the end of World War II, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday, seeing the Ukraine conflict as part of a broader struggle against Western domination.

Given that Western dominance in global affairs is coming to an end, Putin asserted that Russia is not only challenging the West but also fighting for its own right to exist.

Mr. Putin was speaking as the Ukrainian army regained more territory that Moscow had annexed as its own, and has mobilized more troops to defend.

“Ahead is perhaps the most dangerous, unpredictable and at the same time important decade since the end of the Second World War,” Putin told members of the annual Valdai Discussion Club, in a long question and answer session.

The situation is “to a certain extent revolutionary”, he said, describing the Ukraine attack as simply part of a “tectonic shift of the entire world order”.

“The historical period of undivided dominance of the West in world affairs is coming to an end,” Putin said. “The unipolar world is becoming a thing of the past.

While the West is still “recklessly” trying to rule over humanity, it has been unable to do so. “Most of the peoples of the world no longer want to endure it,” he said.

And the Russian president has described the current crisis as a Russian battle for survival.

“Russia is not challenging the elites of the West, Russia is just trying to defend its right to exist,” he said.

‘dirty bomb’ goods

Putin also returned to the debate over Russia’s accusations that Ukraine was preparing to use “dirty bombs” against its troops.

Kyiv had “done everything to cover up the tracks of this preparation” for such a bomb, he said.

On Monday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), responding to the allegations, said it regularly visited two sites to which Moscow had raised questions.

The UN agency’s inspectors found nothing, the statement added, and are preparing to revisit in the coming days.

“We support it,” Putin said. “And it has to be done as quickly as possible.”

Dirty bombs are conventional bombs impregnated with radioactive, biological or chemical materials that are disseminated in an explosion.

Over the past week, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has repeated claims regarding a Ukrainian dirty bomb in conversations with his counterparts in France, the US, the UK, China and India.

France, the US and the UK have all denied the claim, and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned that Russia may be trying to use the claim as an “excuse” to escalate.

Meanwhile, Kyiv said it suspected Russia itself could use a dirty bomb in a “false flag” attack.

But Mr Putin said on Thursday using nuclear weapons in Ukraine would “make no sense for us – politically or militarily”.

The conversation stalled

Earlier, on Thursday, the Kremlin said Ukraine had pulled out of peace talks with Moscow in March at the behest of Washington.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters: “The text is ready …

Negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow have been stalled since March, with each side blaming the other for the impasse.

Zelensky on Wednesday ruled out any possibility of talks with Moscow, denouncing Putin’s “planned rhetoric”. In late September, he said he would not negotiate with Russia as long as Putin was president.

Russia’s “special operation” in Ukraine has repeatedly encountered failures.

In recent weeks, Putin has changed his military command there after Kyiv’s forces launched a counteroffensive, retaking territory in the east.

Last week, Putin imposed martial law in four regions of Ukraine that he had declared annexed: Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Lugansk.

The annexation declaration was made in late September, although Moscow’s forces did not fully control some areas. For example, most recently, there was heavy fighting in the eastern region of Donetsk.

Russian-installed authorities in the occupied Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine on Thursday ordered phone checks on locals.

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