The Kremlin believes that if it declares war on NATO and decides to use nuclear weapons, the White House He will not dare to answer because he is “afraid” of the possible losses. appear in their ranks.
The Russian president came to this worrying conclusion after almost two years of war with Ukraine, which has stagnated at the strategic level and on the diplomatic front, and after an analysis of the moves made by the Atlantic Alliance during this time.
The most worrying thing, however, is that the information does not come from the Kremlin itself, but from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a renowned research institute or Think tank Six-decade Brit who edited a report published by The Times.
According to this study, the Russian government is increasingly inclined to tighten its strategy Because he is convinced that the United States and its allies would not dare to react “given the fact that the West is unwilling to suffer losses.”
For this reason, Putin believes he can use non-strategic nuclear weapons without prompting a response from Joe Biden's administration. “Russia knows that the US would not be willing to cross the nuclear threshold in retaliation and could end the conflict prematurely,” the IIEE experts claim.
The Russian strategy would be to escalate the conflict in a “controlled” manner “to prevent the US and NATO from interfering in the conflict or forcing them to end the war on Russian terms.”
The arsenal that Putin wants to use also includes nuclear weapons a range of up to 5,000 kilometers.
The sources consulted by the British newspaper make no secret of their concern about this matter and believe that the suspicion is well founded. In his opinion, there is a high risk that Russia will decide to go a step further and attack a NATO member country.