Die USA bemühten sich, Putin zu drängen, in der Ukraine keine Atomwaffen einzusetzen, heißt es in einem Buch von Woodward

If Putin was willing to use tactical nuclear weapons during the early months of the war to minimize battlefield losses, I can only guess as to how much restraint he is exercising now that the enemy has established a foothold in Russia proper.

War wouldn’t have reached this far if it was Trump.

What kind of title is this? Rubbish.

Others have previously reported that Biden/ someone in his administration told Russia that if they carry out any kind of nuclear attack (nuclear weapon or sabotaging a nuclear power station), the US would not retaliate with nukes, but would destroy every conventional military asset Russia has in and around Ukraine.

We also know that Xi told Putin they would not tolerate a nuclear attack either.

>U.S. intelligence officials saw China as having the most influence over Russia, and Biden called Chinese President Xi Jinping about the need for deterrence, Woodward wrote.

>Xi agreed to warn Putin, according to the book. Biden and Xi met and agreed in November 2022 that “a nuclear war should never be fought” and noted their opposition to the use or threat to deploy nuclear weapons in Ukraine, a White House statement said at the time.

I feel like this section is equally as important as the Biden-Putin call and Austin-Shoigu call. I wonder what the conversation between Xi-Putin or their defence ministers was like, if a call took place.

WTF does “scrambling” even mean anymore?

Um… Putin WANTS Ukraine to be part of Russia, he doesn’t want to reduce it to an irradiated wasteland.

I read the excerpt, and it went something like this:
Russia: “We have intelligence that Ukraine plans to use a dirty bomb”
US: “We don’t believe you. We don’t see any indications of this, and the world will see through this.”
Russia: “We understand”

In another incident, when US got intelligence that Russia planned on using a tactical nuclear weapon:
US: “If you did this, all the restraints that we have been operating under in Ukraine would be reconsidered. This would isolate Russia on the world stage to a degree you Russians cannot fully appreciate.”
Russia: “We don’t take kindly to being threatened”
US: “Mr. Minister, I am the leader of the most powerful military in the history of the world. I don’t make threats.”

Chilling.

Add this book to the list of things i need to read but will never have the time to.

“I don’t take kindly to being threatened,” Shoigu responded, the book says.

“Mr. Minister,” Austin said. “I am the leader of the most powerful military in the history of the world. I don’t make threats.”

What a G response lmao

Something tells me that while the US and China are most definitely not going to allow Russia to use nukes in Ukraine without impunity, the real blow to Russia would be the Saudis tanking oil prices as a response. I don’t think they want a strong Russia or WW3, so they’d probably do it just to hamstring their war chest.

Xi won’t let Putin use nukes.

Xi owns Putin.

So by “scrambled”, AP means “laid down the law”. Got it.

Any one who studies history knows that every civilization eventually falls. Look at Ancient Rome, Greece, Babylon, Egypt, etc. Only a matter of time before todays world powers suffer same fate

Why would Putin use nuclear weapons? Currently Russia is doing quite well on the Donbass front and is close to taking Pokrovsk. Once it’s taken, the whole Donbass front is at risk of collapsing.