US Threatens Russia With ‘Catastrophic Consequences’ If It Nukes Ukraine, Distorts Putin’s Warning

Unlike the US nuclear doctrine, which allows for the use of strategic weapons even against conventional adversaries, Russia’s allows for nukes to be launched only in the event of an enemy nuclear attack, or an act of conventional aggression so severe that it threatens the very survival of the state.

US officials have informed their Russian counterparts that Washington will “respond decisively” if Russia uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Jake Sullivan, President Biden’s national security advisor, has indicated.
“We have communicated directly, privately, at very high levels, to the Kremlin that any use of nuclear weapons will be met with catastrophic consequences for Russia, that the United States and our allies will respond decisively. And we have been clear and specific about what that will entail,” Sullivan said, speaking to CBS Face the Nation Sunday morning.

The official did not elaborate in the interview on what this “decisive response” may be.

“We have protected those communications which we have done privately to the Russians, but they well understand what they would face if they went down that dark road,” Sullivan said in a separate interview with ABC’s This Week. “The Russians understand where we are, we understand where we are. We are planning for every contingency,” he added.

In the latter interview, Sullivan boasted that previous alleged Russian “nuclear threats” had “not deterred us from providing more than $15 billion in weapons to Ukraine.”

US officials and media accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of making “nuclear threats” against Ukraine in last week's speech to the nation, where he announced partial mobilization and status referendums in the Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye.

"Again, just today, President Putin has made overt nuclear threats against Europe and a reckless disregard for the responsibilities of the non-proliferation regime," Joe Biden said during his United Nations General Assembly address on Wednesday.

What Putin actually said was that Kiev and its Western sponsors had “resorted to nuclear blackmail,” and that Moscow would not hesitate to respond if its security interests were threatened.

“I am referring not only to the Western-encouraged shelling of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, which poses a threat of a nuclear disaster, but also to the statements made by some high-ranking representatives of the leading NATO countries on the possibility and admissibility of using weapons of mass destruction – nuclear weapons – against Russia. I would like to remind those who make such statements regarding Russia that our country has different types of weapons as well, and some of them are more modern than the weapons NATO countries have. In the event of a threat to the territorial integrity of our country and to defend Russia and our people, we will certainly make use of all weapon systems available to us. This is not a bluff,” Putin said.

Sullivan referenced the security situation at the Zaporozhye NPP in his interview with CBS, claiming that Russian troops at the facility are holding Ukrainian operators “essentially at gunpoint” and saying that “the Russians have been consistently implying that there may be some kind of accident at this plant.”

Russian officials and Zaporozhye authorities have indeed been warning for weeks that Ukrainian shelling of the ZNPP threatens to spark a regional nuclear disaster, and have slammed the International Atomic Energy Agency for failing to assign blame for the attacks against the plant despite mentioning the word “shelling” attacks 52 times in a report earlier this month.

Officials in Energodar, the city where the ZNPP is situated, have dismissed Western claims about Russian "threats" against plant workers, emphasizing that most employees have remained at their posts since Russian forces took control of the facility in March, and that Ukrainian shelling is the real danger to the integrity of the plant and its engineers' safety.


The Russian nuclear doctrine forbids the use of nukes unless such weapons are used against Russia, or in the event of a conventional attack so deadly that it threatens the existence of the state.

The United States formally "reserves the right to use" strategic weapons on a preemptive basis, even against non-nuclear adversaries, and is the only country to have ever deployed the weapons against another nation (Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in 1945). Additionally, the US doctrine allows for the country's "nuclear umbrella" to be extended to allies and partners - meaning the US can respond with nuclear strikes to aggression against its allies in Europe and Asia.

The Obama administration considered a 'no first use' revision to the US doctrine in 2016, but reneged on the idea. The Trump administration updated the US's nuclear posture in 2018, keeping the right to use nukes preemptively in place and requesting funding for a new class of small-yield nuclear weapons. The Biden administration has been working on a new nuclear posture review, but details on any possible changes to use posture have yet to be given.

Russia, China, the United States, France and Britain released a joint statement in January announcing readiness to continue detargeting their nuclear forces, and reiterating the position that "a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought."

Good, Russia isn't the only country with nuclear weapons.

Putin is just trying to save face

If you prepare food for the whole community, they will finish it but if the whole community prepare food for only you, you cannot finish it.

Abeg make all of una rest jor..

duro4chang:
If you prepare food for the whole community, they will finish it but if the whole community prepare food for only you, you cannot finish it.

Wisdom
In other words, he who has an ear, let him hear.

duro4chang:
If you prepare food for the whole community, they will finish it but if the whole community prepare food for only you, you cannot finish it.

Putin seems not to understand the manner of food bn prepared for him by the community.

Western slaves: USA would take down Russia

USA: we and our allies…

Bro…

Russia isn’t iraq or iran!! All of you would feel the heat of the blast!!

DerrickzB:
Western slaves: USA would take down Russia

USA: we and our allies…

Bro…

Russia isn’t iraq or iran!! All of you would feel the heat of the blast!!

All hail pro-Putin luuunatics!!!

Even Putin himself will shudder at the level of daft support he is getting from you guys.

US nuclear submarines are closer to Russia than you can ever imagine and the Russians know it.

If Russia does anyhow, they will see anyhow.

You all saw how China threatened Taiwan and Nancy Pelosi in vain.

Las las, they ate the humble pie.

It is only a foolish person that will believe USA can take down Russia alone. Even USA doesn’t believe that. That is why they always threaten “The US and it’s Allies” will deal decisively with Russia. Whilst Russia stands alone and makes their threat. America must stop dragging others into their war with Russia. They should man up and face Russia alone and watch how their cities will burn. They think Russia is Iraq or Libya. Yeye people.

DigitalLawyer:
It is only a foolish person that will believe USA can take down Russia alone. Even USA doesn’t believe that. That is why they always threaten “The US and it’s Allies” will deal decisively with Russia. Whilst Russia stands alone and makes their threat. America must stop dragging others into their war with Russia. They should man up and face Russia alone and watch how their cities will burn. They think Russia is Iraq or Libya. Yeye people.

The Americans do not go to war alone. They always go with their "allies' i.e. the club evildoers hard-minded colonizers and thieves who for centuries murdered millions of people in Africa, South America, Central America , North America, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Pacific, Asia etc.

Why do it alone when we have allies that can help out? Make Russia try nonsense, we go finish them.

DigitalLawyer:
It is only a foolish person that will believe USA can take down Russia alone. Even USA doesn’t believe that. That is why they always threaten “The US and it’s Allies” will deal decisively with Russia. Whilst Russia stands alone and makes their threat. America must stop dragging others into their war with Russia. They should man up and face Russia alone and watch how their cities will burn. They think Russia is Iraq or Libya. Yeye people.

DigitalLawyer:
It is only a foolish person that will believe USA can take down Russia alone. Even USA doesn’t believe that. That is why they always threaten “The US and it’s Allies” will deal decisively with Russia. Whilst Russia stands alone and makes their threat. America must stop dragging others into their war with Russia. They should man up and face Russia alone and watch how their cities will burn. They think Russia is Iraq or Libya. Yeye people.

Dog wey wan die no dey hear hunter whistle..
All these saving face talk by Sullivan are coward talk to me, Putin already made it clear..

Medvedev outline the Russian nuclear doctrine, lavrov said it at the UNGA in US...

Russia will use nuke in Ukraine and nothing will happen than Usual noise and ineffective sanction I dont think US is that stupid to nuke any territory in Russia if Russia use tactical nuke in Ukraine Biden will never use nuclear weapons on Russia territory if Russia do not nuke US territory

Over to Russia naw

kris:
Why do it alone when we have allies that can help out? Make Russia try nonsense, we go finish them.

America is a coward country. Russia is saying “ come let’s do it man to man” but America: “wait I need to call NATO, EU, UN , Britain...” one day the US will also seek the help of Africa or even Nigeria to defeat Russia. They know the capability of Russia is not propaganda if not they would have taken out Russia long ago. Gentlemen, once again Russia is not Iraq oh. Any face off with Russia will everyone, I mean the whole world one way or the other.

Cities Russian Nukes will land and level

New York, Washington, Los Angeles, London,Berlin, and Paris

DigitalLawyer:
It is only a foolish person that will believe USA can take down Russia alone. Even USA doesn’t believe that. That is why they always threaten “The US and it’s Allies” will deal decisively with Russia. Whilst Russia stands alone and makes their threat. America must stop dragging others into their war with Russia. They should man up and face Russia alone and watch how their cities will burn. They think Russia is Iraq or Libya. Yeye people.

Every reasonable country has its allies and not only US. Africans are the only people who does not have allies nor do they understand the importance.

Opolopoopolonio:


All hail pro-Putin luuunatics!!!

Even Putin himself will shudder at the level of daft support he is getting from you guys.

US nuclear submarines are closer to Russia than you can ever imagine and the Russians know it.

If Russia does anyhow, they will see anyhow.

You all saw how China threatened Taiwan and Nancy Pelosi in vain.

Las las, they ate the humble pie.

A demented cow!!!

No be submarine na sub-zero!! Mumu!!!

Closer like the way Chinese submarine was spying on the US aircraft carrier?

Today is not for idiots, please swerve!!!!

DigitalLawyer:
It is only a foolish person that will believe USA can take down Russia alone. Even USA doesn’t believe that. That is why they always threaten “The US and it’s Allies” will deal decisively with Russia. Whilst Russia stands alone and makes their threat. America must stop dragging others into their war with Russia. They should man up and face Russia alone and watch how their cities will burn. They think Russia is Iraq or Libya. Yeye people.

Even with their allies america would loose more than they bargained for!! The nuke that would destroy Britain as a whole is just by the water side, furnace has already lost its voice, German economy is entering recession and their armed forces has already stopped the supply of weapons to Ukraine, who would stand much longer as america would

There is bot with the brain of a kid here opolopoopolonio, he would tell you that you are not reasonable for this comment u made!!

kris:
Why do it alone when we have allies that can help out? Make Russia try nonsense, we go finish them.

Where were your allies in Afghanistan

Find an excuse to give me, I’d wait

DigitalLawyer:

America is a coward country. Russia is saying “ come let’s do it man to man” but America: “wait I need to call NATO, EU, UN , Britain...” one day the US will also seek the help of Africa or even Nigeria to defeat Russia. They know the capability of Russia is not propaganda if not they would have taken out Russia long ago. Gentlemen, once again Russia is not Iraq oh. Any face off with Russia will everyone, I mean the whole world one way or the other.

Loool!! They would cry and abuse you over this truth bro!! America is a coward nation!! I got to find out the Russian professional army hasn’t even entered the battle in Ukraine, they only have very little detachments of them working from 100km away from the battle field providing them with informations and stuff, all this whole the people of the donbas and others has been the ones dealing with Ukraine and NATO!! But that’s about to change now!!

If america is as strong against Russia as their a*s lickers believes, I’m sure they’d have invaded Russia by mow

DerrickzB:


Loool!! They would cry and abuse you over this truth bro!! America is a coward nation!! I got to find out the Russian professional army hasn’t even entered the battle in Ukraine, they only have very little detachments of them working from 100km away from the battle field providing them with informations and stuff, all this whole the people of the donbas and others has been the ones dealing with Ukraine and NATO!! But that’s about to change now!!

If america is as strong against Russia as their a*s lickers believes, I’m sure they’d have invaded Russia by mow

I don’t get it. Russian professional army has not joined the fight, then why the need to mobilise reservists and civilians by Russia to join the fight?

DerrickzB:



A demented cow!!!

No be submarine na sub-zero!! Mumu!!!

Closer like the way Chinese submarine was spying on the US aircraft carrier?

Today is not for idiots, please swerve!!!!

Typical pro-Putin luuuunatic! Always grasping to straws.

Did Pelosi visit Taiwan despite China's barking or not

Did a US warship navigate the Taiwan strait very recently or not? All the Chinese could do was look... Maybe you don't even understand what I am saying...

Just give up on supporting Putin. He can't defeat Ukraine. Anybody still supporting Putin at this time comes around as a luuunatic for real.

DerrickzB:


Even with their allies america would loose more than they bargained for!! The nuke that would destroy Britain as a whole is just by the water side, furnace has already lost its voice, German economy is entering recession and their armed forces has already stopped the supply of weapons to Ukraine, who would stand much longer as america would

There is bot with the brain of a kid here opolopoopolonio, he would tell you that you are not reasonable for this comment u made!!

Guy, face your 2 x 2 shop and leave international politics for those who can think and type better.

Germany still sent 4 Howitzers to Ukraine last week or thereabout.

The US have just delivered sophisticated missile defence systems to Ukraine.

Pro-Putin luuunatics should just go and rest.

Only a fool does not make use of allies. The US dominate till today because they understand that it is better with allies even if you can do it alone.

Yes Russia is not Iraq, because Russia has nuclear weapon, Iraq does not.

Make Russia strike the US na, if to fight the US they hungry them so.

DigitalLawyer:

America is a coward country. Russia is saying “ come let’s do it man to man” but America: “wait I need to call NATO, EU, UN , Britain...” one day the US will also seek the help of Africa or even Nigeria to defeat Russia. They know the capability of Russia is not propaganda if not they would have taken out Russia long ago. Gentlemen, once again Russia is not Iraq oh. Any face off with Russia will everyone, I mean the whole world one way or the other.

The allies were in Afghanistan, you don't know that? They all pulled out around the same time.

I don't know what you're talking about.

DerrickzB:


Where were your allies in Afghanistan

Find an excuse to give me, I’d wait

duro4chang:
If you prepare food for the whole community, they will finish it but if the whole community prepare food for only you, you cannot finish it.

Wisdom

DigitalLawyer:
It is only a foolish person that will believe USA can take down Russia alone. Even USA doesn’t believe that. That is why they always threaten “The US and it’s Allies” will deal decisively with Russia. Whilst Russia stands alone and makes their threat. America must stop dragging others into their war with Russia. They should man up and face Russia alone and watch how their cities will burn. They think Russia is Iraq or Libya. Yeye people.

It's embarrassing how weak they are, I mean why does USA needs 30 countries to fight only Russia like they are doing in Ukraine, it's just pathetic

USA should know that when Russia talks of using their nuclear weapon, they have USA, England, France, Germany and Poland in mind. Nuking Ukraine is waste of their nuclear weapon.

kris:
The allies were in Afghanistan, you don't know that? They all pulled out around the same time.

I don't know what you're talking about.

They were all in Afghanistan and pulled out?? Why

Because they had their nose bloodied, they were beating down!! Afghanistan that has no air fighting muscle could chase america and her allies out that they had to do an emergency withdrawal abd even left some troops and billions of dollars worth of military hardware, then imagine what Russia would do to America and her allies!!!


You wouldn’t know what I’m talking about of course!!

Opolopoopolonio:


Guy, face your 2 x 2 shop and leave international politics for those who can think and type better.

Germany still sent 4 Howitzers to Ukraine last week or thereabout.

The US have just delivered sophisticated missile defence systems to Ukraine.

Pro-Putin luuunatics should just go and rest.

Na your supposed face your carpentry work bro!! No one is above typographical error, even professional written books has it!! But you think everything is about debate!! You are lost bro!!!

German armed forces has already withdraw their hand, it’s unlike before!!!

Stfu, even Ukraine denied they didn’t receive such sophisticated missile from america yet and it was only an agreement by paper that was made!! Omo I be yeye person oo

chukxy:


I don’t get it. Russian professional army has not joined the fight, then why the need to mobilise reservists and civilians by Russia to join the fight?

Simple, because the aim isn’t to crush Ukraine anymore, but to crush the assembled nato forces in Ukraine!!