“He is not always adequate”: Zelensky predicted whether Putin would dare to use nuclear weapons

Russian President Vladimir Putin is not the first to scare the world with nuclear threats, but “no one knows what’s on his mind,” Volodymyr Zelenskyi said in an interview with Fox News.

“He (President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin – ed.) can use nuclear weapons against any country at any time. Or not. I’m not sure he will. I’m not sure… I share with you what I think, but I’m not Putin, thank God,” the president emphasized.

Zelensky emphasized that “he cannot know exactly about Putin’s intentions.”

“Because he is not always adequate, because no adequate person can just come to Ukraine and do what he did. I think he loves his life and the way he manages the lives of others. That is why I think he should be afraid to use nuclear weapons,” the head of state emphasized.

On September 25, Putin announced a nuclear response against the background of Kyiv’s efforts to obtain permission from the West to strike with Western weapons deep into the Russian Federation.

According to him, in the updated version of its nuclear doctrine, Russia plans to consider aggression by any non-nuclear state, but with the participation or support of a nuclear state, as a joint attack. Putin noted that Moscow will consider the possibility of using nuclear weapons upon receiving “reliable information about the massive launch of air and space attack means.” These are strategic and tactical aircraft, cruise missiles, drones, hypersonic and other aircraft.

The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), analyzing Putin’s statement, noted that he continues to threaten the possibility of a nuclear confrontation between Russia and the West in order to strengthen control over Western decision-making and prevent the West from granting permission to Ukraine to use long-range weapons to strike military targets. projects in the Russian Federation.

“ISW has long considered Russian threats of nuclear weapons as part of the Kremlin’s plan aimed at self-restraint in the West, and not as evidence of Russia’s readiness to use nuclear weapons. ISW continues to believe that Russia is unlikely to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine or elsewhere,” the analysts emphasized.

The Office of the President of Ukraine called Putin’s words another “nuclear blackmail”.

On September 7, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns, commenting on Russia’s threats to use nuclear weapons, said that Putin will continue to periodically threaten direct confrontation with the West, but these threats should not intimidate the West.