{"id":15192,"date":"2022-10-14T09:47:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T01:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=15192"},"modified":"2022-10-14T09:47:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T01:47:22","slug":"russian-army-will-be-annihilated-if-putin-nukes-ukraine-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=15192","title":{"rendered":"Russian army will be \u2018annihilated\u2019 if Putin nukes Ukraine: EU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BRUSSELS, Oct 14 \u2013<\/strong> The European Union\u2019s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned Moscow today that its forces would be \u201cannihilated\u201d by the West\u2019s military response if President Vladimir Putin uses nuclear weapons against Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPutin is saying he is not bluffing. Well, he cannot afford bluffing, and it has to be clear that the people supporting Ukraine and the European Union and the member states, and the United States and Nato are not bluffing neither,\u201d<\/em> Borrell said at the opening of a Diplomatic Academy in Brussels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAny nuclear attack against Ukraine will create an answer, not a nuclear answer but such a powerful answer from the military side that the Russian Army will be annihilated.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Fears that Moscow could use a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine have grown after Putin issued veiled threats as he staged the annexation of four occupied regions in the face of losses on the battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg has warned Russia it faces \u201csevere consequences\u201d if it launches a nuclear attack on its pro-Western neighbour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere would be a sharp response \u2013 almost certainly drawing a physical response from many allies, and potentially from Nato itself,\u201d<\/em> a senior Nato official said today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the alliance has stopped short of threatening to use its nuclear arsenal to respond as non-member Ukraine is not covered by its self-defence clause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US and Nato have so far steered clear of intervening militarily in the Ukraine conflict for fear of sparking a catastrophic nuclear conflict with Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by AFP<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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