The war in Ukraine may accidentally become nuclear – Foreign Affairs

The Russian Federation violated the “sacred principle of nuclear security” when it launched missile attacks on Ukraine from military bases where nuclear weapons are stored. Such locations become a legitimate target for retaliation.

A full-scale war in Ukraine could turn into a nuclear conflict several times due to the “peculiarities” of Russian storage of nuclear warheads at military bases.

This is reported by Foreign Affairs.

The authors of the article also emphasize the dire danger due to Russia's reluctance to properly secure its nuclear arsenals in the west of its territory against the backdrop of Ukraine's increasing desire to strike targets inside the Russian Federation.

The publication emphasizes that Ukraine has every right to defend itself in this way. It indicates the absence of any signs that Ukrainian troops will deliberately target nuclear storage sites…