After Russia did not rule out the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, US contingency plans created Moscow using weapons that were stronger in the middle of the war The national security official team, known as Tiger Team, also considered the response if Russia attacked a convoy in the NATO region carrying weapons and assistance to Ukraine, according to officials involved in the process, the New York Times reported.
This contingency will be the center of the upcoming NATO meeting between the leaders of all member countries on March 24, added the report Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday said Russia would only use nuclear weapons in the context of Ukrainian conflict if facing ‘existential threat’.
“We have a domestic security concept, and it’s public. You can read all the reasons for nuclear arms to use,” Peskov said. “So, if it is an existential threat to our country, then it can be used according to our concept.”Peskov’s comments came when asked if he was “convincing or confident” that President Vladimir Putin would not use nuclear options in the Ukrainian text.
A few days after Russian troops stormed Ukraine, Putin announced on February 28 that he had placed the country’s strategic nuclear forces at a high warning in the movement that triggered global alarms Russia maintains the largest inventory of nuclear warheads in the world and has received minimal support throughout the world for its attack on its former Soviet neighbor.
West Defense officials said after the February Putin announcement that they did not see significant signs of mobilizing Russian nuclear forces – strategic bombings, missiles and submarines. But Moscow has also warned that if the United States and NATO allies supply Ukraine with combat jets, it can increase and expand the war, potentially put Russia in direct confrontation with nuclear armed rivals in the West.