Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is ready to use nuclear weapons if his loss in Ukraine cannot be hidden. This assumption was made by the head of the American special intelligence Avril Gaines, writes The Guardian.

" ), or if NATO actually intervenes or is ready to intervene, then, obviously, it will perceive this as an existential threat to Russia,"

They note that the Kremlin uses nuclear threats only to make the West change its mind and stop giving us help.. But Putin's allies largely ignored.

Moscow plans to conduct strategic deterrence exercises in the near future with a public launch of land-based and sea-based missiles, as well as a nuclear aircraft flight. They believe that this will help create threatening signals for Ukrainian allies..

Now the Russian authorities hope that the West will still weaken assistance to Ukraine. They believe that internal problems can lead to this: rising prices and interruptions in the supply of fuel and food..

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Russia promised not to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine.

The corresponding statement was made by Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexei Zaitsev.

He claims that the Russian Federation allegedly " Also, Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin said that Russia could launch a nuclear strike only as a response to the same type of attack..

However, Russia has already ridiculed the warnings of Western countries that it is preparing an attack on Ukraine and stated that there can never be a war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine..