The former commander of NATO forces in Europe, James Stavridis, believes that the risk of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin using nuclear weapons is small, which cannot be said about the likelihood of using chemical weapons.. In his column for Bloomberg, he gave three arguments to support his thesis..

Argument #1.

The expert notes that it may seem that the alleged Russian dictator Putin does not care about international opinion. However, the use of nuclear weapons will have enormous consequences around the world..

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Argument #2.

The use of nuclear weapons will make it very difficult to control the escalation, notes the admiral. He explains that Putin "

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Argument #3.

Putin could use tactical nuclear weapons against a specific target in Kyiv, Odessa or Lvov. However, according to the specialist, the dictator still believes in his ability to capture these cities, so he will use other resources, focusing offensive power on specific targets..

But Stavridis warns that there is a risk of Russia using chemical weapons. And in general, he called justified concerns about the use of weapons of mass destruction by Russia.

It will be more difficult for the West to definitively attribute the use of chemical weapons to Putin - his origin is more ambiguous, and he has already laid the disinformation foundation in the form of "

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Back in late June, Bloomberg wrote that Europe needed its own nuclear weapons to contain Russia.. They explained that fear of the Kremlin's aggressiveness and long-term doubts about US resolve are exacerbating old ideas about a European nuclear bomb..