Ukrainian war, General Battisti: “Putin could throw nuclear tactical bomb in the Black Sea”

Ukraine-Russia war, “the early warning of the nuclear device may be a way for Putin to put pressure on the West, but we must also keep in mind that, even if few thought so, so far he has done what he said , so to show its determination we cannot exclude that it detonates a nuclear tactical bomb in the Black Sea ”. Corps general Giorgio Battisti, president of the Military Commission of the Italian Atlantic Committee, said this to Adnkronos, commenting on the threats of the Russian leader to the West while the war in Ukraine continues. “They are tactical nuclear devices, of limited power – he explains – but they still produce destruction, radioactivity and fear”. As for the possibility of Russian retaliation in the case of the delivery of weapons by NATO or the EU to Kiev, Battisti underlines: “This is also a threat to create fear among the population. Bringing weapons to Ukraine would mean delivering them through Poland, an attack there by Russia would mean violating the borders of a NATO country ”. General Battisti is skeptical about the possibility of declaring Ukraine a no-fly zone. “For us it would mean having to shoot down a Russian plane, and yes, this would be a declaration of war on Russia.”