experts explained what this means – UNIAN
It is not yet known who was on board or what they were carrying.
The Russians recently re-launched the “doomsday” plane – the Il-96. Russian human rights activist Mark Feigin believes that in this way the Kremlin wants to further escalate the situation around nuclear blackmail and frighten Ukraine’s Western partners.
“This is being done to intimidate the world. They say we are on the brink of a nuclear war,” he told Channel 24.
At the same time, he added that it is not yet known who was on board or what they were transporting. As indicated, in this way the ruler of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, is trying to tell Kyiv’s allies that a nuclear threat can be avoided by giving Ukraine to Russia.
“I think a lot is being done to convey such plans to the world. However, not a single episode when the Russians did something similar, in particular signed…
