Putin Warns Nukes Will Be Used if Russia’s Independence or Sovereignty Is Threatened

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an exclusive interview to Dmitry Kiselev, director general of media group Rossiya Segodnya, that is causing widespread concern on the MSM.

Putin warned the yet again the West that Russia was ‘technically ready’ for nuclear war.

H3e also stated that if the U.S. sent troops to Ukraine, it would mark a significant escalation of the conflict.

But the Russian President also stated that the nuclear war scenario was not ‘rushing’ up, and he never saw any need for the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

Reuters reported:

“‘From a military-technical point of view, we are, of course, ready’, Putin, 71, told Rossiya-1 television and news agency RIA in response to a question whether the country was really ready for a nuclear war.”

The U.S. understands that if it deployed American troops to Ukraine, Russia would treat it as an intervention. READ MORE