
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged all countries of the world to be ready for Russia’s President possibly using nuclear weapons.
More than 50 days into the invasion of Ukraine, the president of the war-torn Russian neighbour has warned that nuclear weapons could be set for use.
This comes after Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov warned that a Third World War would be nuclear and destructive earlier on during the invasion. Vladimir Putin has increased the risk of nuclear war by putting the country’s nuclear deterrent forces on high alert when the crisis began.
This led Zelenskyy to urge countries to be on high alert and to prepare, telling CNN that Russia may also be deploying chemical weaponry.
Director of the CIA Bill Burns has suggested that since Putin’s special military operation is not going well as first anticipated, it could lead to the use of such weapons in Ukraine.
The use of nuclear weapons would largely increase the devastating death tolls, which Zelenskyy believes stands at around 2,500 and 3,000 Ukrainian troops. When it comes to civilians, he said that it is very difficult to truly get an accurate number.
Russia has not ruled out the use of nuclear weapons, but said that it would only use them if there is an ‘existential threat’ to the country. Putin had also threatened NATO earlier on during the war that should they interfere, they would face consequences as they have never seen in their history.
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