NATO Secretary General

Jens Stoltenberg

said that Russia's nuclear blackmail has only one goal — to force the West to abandon its support for Ukraine.

In an interview with DW, he commented on the words of the Deputy Head of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, that the Alliance will not directly enter the war in Ukraine, even if Moscow uses nuclear weapons.

"He is not right. Because we have clearly stated that there will be serious consequences. But we did not go into the details of what exactly those consequences will be. And of course, we have many ways to react," Stoltenberg said, noting that the Kremlin in the last weeks have been reminded several times of the dangers of such a step.

According to him, NATO does not intend to talk about what the answer will be, so as not to give the enemy an advantage.

However, the Secretary General noted that more and more Alliance forces are currently being concentrated in Eastern Europe in order to prevent a potential conflict between Russia and NATO members.

"I think the risk of allowing President Putin to win is much higher than continuing to support Ukraine," he emphasized.

Nuclear threat 

NATO Secretary General Jens 

Stoltenberg 

said that even Russia's use of low-power nuclear weapons would fundamentally change the nature of the war in Ukraine, and this, of course, would have consequences.

And the high representative of the EU Josep Borrell said that in this case the 

Russian army will be destroyed by 

non-nuclear means.

The former head of the CIA, David Petraeus, even named possible targets that will be attacked by the US in response to a nuclear attack by the Russian Federation.

We are talking about the sinking of the Black Sea Fleet, strikes on military bases in Crimea and Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine.

American philosopher and political scientist Francis Fukuyama admits that Putin can use nuclear weapons, but then 

NATO and the USA will enter the war. 

President Zelenskyi commented on the statements of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Serhii Shoigu that Ukraine allegedly produced a "dirty bomb".

Zelensky emphasized that only Russia

can

use nuclear weapons in Europe  .

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