The Russian army has lost the initiative at the front and is retreating. Therefore, Putin can order strikes on the distribution of military aid to Ukraine, even on the territory of NATO countries.. in particular Poland. This assumption was made on October 2 in the State of the Union program on CNN by Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio..

Putin is unpredictable and after heavy defeats at the front, he can take desperate steps, says Marco Rubio, who works on the US Senate Intelligence Committee.

“If he [Putin – ed.. ] will decide, for example, that arming NATO, arming Europe, and arming the US for Ukraine will not only cause him to lose the war, but will also undermine his control of power... it is quite possible that he may eventually strike at some of these.

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He noted that he considers such a scenario even more likely than the use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine, the risk of which is now being actively discussed..

Rubio also said that he does not imagine a scenario in which Russia wins the war in Ukraine.. In his opinion, the Russian army has only two options:

either try to hold the front and this can drag on for years, or continue to retreat under pressure from the Ukrainians..

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Recall that similar threats from the Russian side towards the allies have already been voiced by Russia. For example, in July, the head of the Russian delegation at the security talks in Vienna, Konstantin Gavrilov, said that the transfer of weapons by Western countries to Kyiv “may force the Russian Federation to move to tougher retaliatory actions” and lead to the expansion of the zone of armed conflict.