Russian President

Vladimir Putin

views Russia's nuclear potential as a "last line of defense" in case he is threatened with losing power.

However, the countries of the West made it clear to Putin that in the event of the use of nuclear weapons, he and Russia would have nothing left.

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Volodymyr Ogryzko

said this in an exclusive interview with TSN.ua.

Commenting on the possible nuclear threat to Russia, the former head of the Foreign Ministry noted:

"This is what they fear the most in the West, because they do not understand that this half-mad, he cannot even be called a man, this creature can do at the moment when he feels that the real end is coming."

As Ogryzko emphasized, "

Russia's loss in the war is the beginning of the end of Putin both as a politician and as an individual

."

"We understand very well that in Russia the tsar should only be a winner, and no one needs a tsar who loses and he is quickly removed. Therefore,

for Putin, this is the biggest last line of defense, and from here he will wave a nuclear stick in front of the very noses of Western politicians , threatening them more and more

," he said.

According to the ex-minister, Western countries will not put up with such behavior of Putin.

"

In the West, they also understand that you can put this half-crazy man in his place by telling him that if you even think about tactical nuclear weapons, there will be nothing left of you and your country

. This message has been conveyed to Putin, and I I think that he means the same thing when he continues to throw sporadic insults at the West from time to time," Ogryzko added.

At the same time, the diplomat believes that the West does not know what to do with Russia after its defeat in the war.

"Uncontrolled processes of its disintegration can begin. Combined with the lack of understanding into whose hands nuclear weapons can fall, this is what deters our Western partners from giving us everything we need to quickly deal with this horde," he explained. .

We will remind, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation 

Sergey Lavrov

 said that the USA threatens to physically remove the Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Lavrov emphasized that some "unnamed officials" from the Pentagon actually threatened to deliver a "decapitating blow" to the Kremlin.

Russian publicist and sociologist 

Andriy Piontkovsky

said that the USA threatened to eliminate Putin in case of using nuclear weapons in the conflict with Ukraine.

Piontkovsky also expressed confidence that Russia will not be able to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine for three reasons.

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