"I assure you, after the early warning system receives a signal of a missile attack, hundreds of our missiles are in the air," Putin said from a summit in Kyrgyzstan, Russian news outlet RIA reported. "It is impossible to stop them."

"There will be nothing left of the enemy, because it is impossible to intercept a hundred missiles. This, of course, is a deterrent — a serious deterrent," he added.

Putin made headlines after he appeared to suggest that he may make changes to Russia’s nuclear deterrence doctrine by employing a first-strike policy, which he referred to as a "disarming strike" — a strategy he said is motivated by the current U.S. deterrence policy.

Russia already has this strategy embedded in its nuclear doctrine.

Washington does have a policy that allows it to use a nuclear weapon, not only in retaliation to a nuclear attack but also in response to non-nuclear threats — and so does Moscow, explained Rebekah Koffler, a Russia expert and former Defense Intelligence Agency intelligence officer for Russian Doctrine & Strategy.

"What this was, from the intelligence standpoint, is 'strategic messaging,'" she said, adding that Putin’s comments signaled that "Russia may use nuclear weapons in Ukraine if the US/NATO continue to provide weapons to Ukraine — especially those that Ukraine can use to strike deep into Russia proper."

Putin’s comments come just days after three separate drone strikes hit bases hundreds of miles within Russia’s borders — an attack that Moscow blamed squarely on Ukraine.

"Based on the existing Russian doctrine, Russia can respond with nuclear strikes, because Engels airbase is the home to nuclear-capable bombers that are considered strategic assets, worthy of defending with nukes," Koffler explained.

Kyiv has not accepted responsibility for the strikes, but the attacks outside of Ukraine’s borders, where a brutal war has raged for more than nine months, put top defense officials on the alert this week.

"It is a terrible war in Ukraine. It is also a war that can become a full-fledged war that spreads into a major war between NATO and Russia," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday in an interview.

"There is no doubt that a full-fledged war is a possibility," he added, noting that NATO was doing everything possible to prevent this.

lhordspy:
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lhordspy:
I have said this so many times.

Only cowards hides using a proxy war to fight its enemy. What is the essence of the billions of dollars of military equipment that US and its allies are afraid to allow ukraine fire them into russia territory?

Cowards can only keep arming ukraine in a clout-chasing show of force and support. The day Ukraine will fire any rocket into Mother Russia territory. That will be the end of them(Ukraine) , the US, NATO in general and its puppets called allies.

lhordspy:
I have said this so many times.

Only cowards hides using a proxy war to fight its enemy. What is the essence of the billions of dollars of military equipment that US and its allies are afraid to allow ukraine fire them into Russia's territory?

Cowards can only keep arming ukraine in a clout-chasing show of force and support. The day Ukraine will mistaknely fire any rocket into Mother Russia territory. That will be the end of them(Ukraine) , the US, NATO in general and its puppets called allies.

It doesnt matter whatever you do in life. But always remember and have it at the back of your mind never to poke the bear.

bassdow:



If anyone out there still hasn't seen through the hype, let's be clear. The West will give Ukraine just enough fighting power to hold its position against the Russians, but not enough to win the war. Why? Because the West doesn't want an end to the war, at least not for 5-10 years. In its infinite stupidity, the West is banking on Russia running out of money and weapons. Then they think they can swoop in with their inferior militaries and grab the great Russian prize. This illusion is on par with all the other illusions of the West: boys can be girls; free speech is violence; and guns commit crimes.

lhordspy:


Lol. Very funny calculation from the west. Expecting and banking on a weapon producing Nation like Russia to run out of weapon.

No wonder their citizens easily slip into depression, confusion and mental disorderliness. They reason like chickens.

Wagwanbrethren:

And the Islam world easily slip into terrorism, bombing, sexism and all sort of criminal act, eh?

Go check up Iran, and other extremist Muslim ruled hole!

lhordspy:
I have said this so many times.

Only cowards hide using a proxy war to fight its enemy. What is the essence of the billions of dollars of military equipment that US and its allies are afraid to allow ukraine fire them into Russia's territory?

Cowards can only keep arming ukraine in a clout-chasing show of force and support. The day Ukraine will mistaknely fire any rocket into Mother Russia territory. That will be the end of them(Ukraine) , the US, NATO in general and its puppets called allies.

It doesnt matter whatever you do in life. But always remember and have it at the back of your mind never to poke the bear.