War in Ukraine: Zelensky advises to “prepare” for a possible Russian nuclear attack – 20 Minutes

For Volodymyr Zelensky, the nuclear threat is still present. The Ukrainian president thus called on the world on Saturday to “prepare” for a possible use by Russia of its nuclear weapons, during an interview with several Ukrainian media. “We should not wait for the moment when Russia decides to use its nuclear weapons. We must be prepared for this,” he said in the interview broadcast by six Ukrainian news sites, as well as the Ukrainian presidency on Telegram. (against radiation), air-raid shelters,” he said. “We have to talk to them, sign treaties, crack down economically. (The Russians) can use any weapon, I’m sure. On Friday, Volodymyr Zelensky had already judged that “the whole world” should be “worried” about the risk that Russian President Vladimir Putin, cornered by his military setbacks in Ukraine, might resort to a tactical nuclear weapon. “Not just me, I think the whole world, all countries should be worried,” he said on CNN. such a threat should not be “taken lightly”. “We haven’t really seen any concrete signs such as deployments or military measures that could aggravate our concerns”, however qualified the head of the CIA. A threat since the start of the warAfter the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the Kremlin briefly mentioned putting its nuclear forces on alert. Moscow will only use nuclear weapons in Ukraine in the event of an “existential threat” against Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov then declared on CNN, without further details. According to the highly respected Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Russia is equipped with “1,588 deployed Russian nuclear warheads”, including 812 on land-based missiles, 576 on submarines and 200 on bombers.