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Kabul: Russia’s Secretary of Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, has warned that Russia has the weapons to destroy any enemy, including the United States, if its own existence is threatened, accusing Washington of underestimating Moscow’s nuclear might.
Speaking with the Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta he said that “American politicians trapped by their own propaganda remain confident that, in the event of a direct conflict with Russia, the United States is capable of launching a preventive missile strike, after which Russia will no longer be able to respond. This is short-sighted stupidity, and very dangerous.”
Russia has said that one of the reasons they launched a “special military operation” in Ukraine was to counter a perceived security threat stemming from Kyiv’s rapprochement with the US-led NATO defence alliance. Since then, Moscow has accused the West, of making nuclear threats against it, and has spoken of its readiness to use nuclear weapons in extreme circumstances if the very existence of the Russian state is imperiled.
In response to a question that earlier this March, a US strategic bomber practiced a simulated nuclear strike on St Petersburg (Russia) from a distance of 200 kilometres above the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, Patrushev responded that “Some people in the West have forgotten the lessons of history and are talking about turning the tables and prevailing militarily over Russia. We can say only one thing in response to this: Russia is a patient country and does not intimidate anyone with its military advantage. However, it has unique modern weapons that can destroy any enemy, including the United States, in case it is faced with an existential threat.”
Recently, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would station tactical nuclear missiles in its close ally Belarus, which borders both Ukraine and Russia, sending a warning to NATO over its military support for Kyiv and escalating a standoff with the West.
He added that “the United States is prepared to fight Russia not only to the last Ukrainian, but to the last European as well. Even during the Cold War, at the slightest sign of a threat from the Soviet Union, the Pentagon was ready to turn Europe into a radioactive wasteland. I don’t think the US strategists have changed their minds in this regard.”
Referring to AUKUS alliance with Australian he said that “Washington is not happy with stability in Asia that came as a result of WWII and the liberation movement, either. The US Indo-Pacific strategy is an attempt to create an Asian NATO. The new alliance will be another aggressive bloc directed against China and Russia and will be used to subject independent states.”
He stated “Rearming the Australian Navy under the new AUKUS alliance, including the supply of nuclear submarines, and military support for Taiwan and South Korea have a long-term goal of establishing US and NATO dominance over Eurasia on its eastern flank.”
