At the same time, the order to use nuclear weapons must be carried out by five people. The Kremlin fears that one of these people may refuse.
The Russian Federation may use nuclear weapons against Ukraine if the capture of Kyiv fails / photo ua.
Bellingcat investigative journalist Hristo Grozev said that the Russian Federation is considering the possibility of using nuclear weapons against Ukraine. This was confirmed by Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov.
Grozev spoke about this on the air of Ukraine 24.
According to him, the suddenly missing Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is now hiding in a secret bunker near Ufa. This is evidenced by air travel data.
The journalist claims that the Russian Federation will hide the military and political leadership in advance if it is actually considering a nuclear scenario.
According to Grozev, Putin himself is hiding in another bunker, located beyond the Urals. To a clarifying question about how likely he considers a Russian nuclear strike on Ukraine, the journalist replied:
“You know, it’s hard to answer. We talked a lot with people from the Russian special services. Those people who, even before the start of the war, warned us in December-January that it was very likely that Putin himself really wanted this, that he boasted to his loved one environment, that he is ready to go for it … Well, even these people are now saying that he, with the prospect of a complete failure of the capture of Kyiv, can give such an order. But he cannot use nuclear weapons with a conditional red button. This red button exists, but there is five people who must execute all these orders in a chain before the missile with a nuclear reserve takes off.Our sources are sure that there will be at least a few of these five who will not comply with this order.He (Putin – UNIAN) understands that such there is a risk, so it is unlikely to give this order.
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Well, I still think that putin won’t go that far, because desperate as the shit-head is, I think he’s at least intelligent enough to know that the direction of upper atmospheric winds will blow the nuclear fallout dust back down across all of russia and china. That, and it would only internationally isolate him and russia even more from the ramped-up worldwide outrage. Right now, it’s like he’s taken russian foreign interactions back to the Iron Curtain era. If he uses a nuclear weapon, then I predict the isolation be as much as that of north korea. Self-imposed, because of the external reaction to what he starts.
Also, the fallout, both from radioactive dust itself and the international response would be impossible to hide the truth from the Russian public. I think it might urge them to attacking the murderous bastard in a coup.
Also I can’t imagine there are five completely irrational individuals who would press a button. There has to be one human being among them
If Putin launches on Kyiv, the non-proliferation treaty is dead.
Also, I’m guessing it sounds putin and shoigu are both hiding out in separate bunkers. Unless I’m missing something in the technological synchronization of those steps mentioned for five people being needed for launching nuclear weapons, I doubt they could do it unless those five people were all at the same command bunker.
Although I could imagine the rat to be nuts enough to go that drastic step, I doubt that the others are so brainless. Even if there weren’t a nuclear counter strike, I don’t think their buddies in Peking and elsewhere would be happy with this. Mafia land would then be completely isolated.