According to Global Times , on the evening of the 22nd local time, Russian President’s Press Secretary Peskov accepted a special interview with CNN TV in the United States. Peskov pointed out in the interview that according to Russia's national security and nuclear security strategy theory and national security concept to examine the current dilemma facing Russia, Russia will choose to use nuclear weapons when the country encounters a "life and death" threat.
It is reported that during the TV interview with CNN, the American TV host asked Peskov whether Russia can solve the current dilemma without completely eliminating the possibility of nuclear weapons use? Peskov immediately pointed out, "If there is a threat that has begun to cause a serious crisis to the survival of our country and has threatened the future destiny of our nation, then according to our nuclear war theory and national security concept, we can use nuclear weapons."
Peskov added, "(Using nuclear weapons) There are many other reasons here, and we can find specific texts in the Russian national security and nuclear war theory, and I think our American colleagues understand it."
According to US media reports, according to the latest version of the National Nuclear Policy Statement issued by Russia in 2020, the country will use nuclear weapons in two situations: the first is when the other party uses nuclear weapons or other conventional weapons against Moscow or its allies; the second is when conventional weapons "aggression" makes "the survival of the country threaten."
It is reported that the definition of this nuclear strategy theory is very vague, because how to define "invasion" by conventional weapons has put "the survival of the country at risk" is entirely defined by the Moscow authorities. Western countries believe that the United States and NATO dare not provoke a nuclear war, and they dare not fire nuclear missiles at Russia. At present, Russia still has more than 6,200 nuclear warheads and , and these nuclear weapons can still destroy the entire human world.
In addition, it is also "impossible" to launch conventional weapons at Russia. Although Western countries verbally harshly yelled at Russia and launched a series of economic and financial sanctions, they did not launch any war against Russia. Analysis points out that the so-called "life-and-death threat" pointed out by Peskov in refers to the West's move to independent Russia from the national financial and economic ties system.
Western media even predict that Russia may not have various possibilities for nuclear war in the East. According to a senior researcher at the UN Disarmament Institute, as long as the current conflict is limited to Russia and Ukrainian , the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons is within an extremely low range.
analysis points out that because nuclear weapons are mainly used for deterrence, not really using them, otherwise nuclear weapons will be meaningless. But once NATO and Russia have direct conflict, the nature changes, and the possibility of Russia launching a nuclear war suddenly increases.
analysis said that some situations are quite special, such as Putin failed in the Ukrainian conflict, and Russia may try to explode nuclear weapons over the Black Sea as a means to scare the West. This method will not cause casualties, but will greatly increase the deterrence to the West. Since Putin is a well-known expert in using risks to control opponents, compared with most Western leaders, Putin dares to do something that others may not dare to do.
Analysts pointed out that Russia certainly cannot launch a nuclear war easily, but at present, Russia is currently under "joint encirclement and suppression" by Western countries. Russia, which is facing pressure from all sides, certainly needs to reexamine its legitimate survival requirements. Western countries must examine their long-standing wrong security concepts and attempt to obtain absolute security by eliminating the Russian nuclear-sensitivity situation. It is purely a delusion.
