US CIA and Ukrainian President Zelensky claimed that Russia may use nuclear weapons
US CIA Director Burns (data photo)
According to multiple US media reports, US CIA Director Burns declared on Thursday that the United States cannot "slight" the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons to attack Ukraine, because the conflict has been going on for 51 days, and the continuous military setbacks may make Russia desperate, so that Putin and the Russian leadership may use tactical nuclear weapons or low-equivalent nuclear weapons. After Burns, who once served as the US ambassador to Russia, made this statement, Ukrainian President Zelensky also said in an interview with the US CNN on Friday that the whole world should "seriously" prepare for Russia's possible use of nuclear weapons to attack Ukraine. He also said that Russia is also likely to use biochemical weapon because Putin "does not care about the lives of Ukrainian ."
U.S. Capitol Hill said that Zelensky's latest statement is very different from his statement in early March. At that time, he said that the so-called Russia will use nuclear weapons was "bluff" to scare the West not to intervene. At that time, Putin of Russia announced that Russia's nuclear deterrence forces should be "highly alert".
Regarding the statement that "Russia may use nuclear weapons", Burns also admitted that he has not seen any "actual evidence". Some analysts believe that the US's statement is largely for propaganda purposes, which not only defames and demonizes Russia. Fox News Channel in the United States recently reported on the show that the US government manipulates public opinion by using false information.
Russia has not yet responded to these statements from the United States. But Russian media have been publishing reports of suspicion that the United States and Ukraine are secretly developing chemical weapons.
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