Putin can use nuclear weapons only under one condition – Klimkin – World

The use of nuclear weapons by the Russian Federation is unlikely, but possible.

This opinion was expressed by the former Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin in a comment on the LIGAnet YouTube channel.

“Putin can apply [ядерну зброю] in one case – in the event of a threat to today's Russian regime,” he said.

According to Pavel Klimkin, the changes in the Russian nuclear doctrine have one logic – deliberate “negative uncertainty”, when an attack on Russian territory with the support of a nuclear state or a country considered an “enemy” by the Kremlin leaves Moscow with the right to make “any decisions”.

For security in Europe, according to Pavel Klimkin, Europeans will need to decide on a global “nuclear umbrella”.

“Without it, Europeans will be very…