Zelensky allocation highlights a pre-emptive strike on Russia if it slows down preparations for a nuclear strike
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky speaking October 6 on the use of video link in the context of the think tank, which says that it is a special preemptive strike to “rule out the possibility of using the United States of America.”
At the same time, the president did not specify whether he meant a nuclear strike or whether he was talking about the use of conventional weapons.
“What to do if applicable?”
“But what is important, I once again turn to the incident, I told the community, as it was before February 24: pre-emptive strikes, so that they know what will happen to them, if necessary. And not the other way around – wait for Russian nuclear strikes,” Zelensky said.
This statement hastened to comment on the press secretary of the President of Ukraine Serhiy Nikiforov, who stressed that Ukraine is not developing towards a preventive case of the use of weapons.
“The President spoke about the period until February 24. Then it was necessary to take preventive measures so that Russia would not be able to unleash a war. wrote Nikiforov on Facebook.
According to Nikiforov, only Russia allows itself to blackmail the world with explosions at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and hint at the possibility of using weapons in this conflict.
“You have never heard such appeals from Ukraine,” he said.
Volodymyr Zelensky’s statement, as one might expect, caused a storm of scrutiny in Russia.
Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the whole world should pay attention to Zelensky’s statement, especially the United States, Great Britain and the EU countries, since, from his point of view, it is “a call for the start of a world war with unpredictable catastrophic consequences.”
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that “the West is fueling a nuclear war,” and was quick to call Zelensky “a monster that can destroy the planet with his hands.”
Adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak, like Nikiforov before, clarified that Zelensky did not call for the preventive application of the charge.
“Another Russian fake. 1. Not a word from Zelensky about a preventive nuclear strike against Russia. 2. Zelensky recalled the Russian nuclear strike and suggested that the world preemptively determine the consequences of Russia and intensify strikes against Russia – a sentence and armed assistance to Ukraine,” Podolyak wrote. on Twitter on Thursday evening.
Vladimir Putin himself has repeatedly stated the threat of the use of weapons. He further, as on September 21, announcing the mobilization of Russia, he stated that Russia is ready to use “all cases of reports arising in connection with the territory of our country, to protect our people.”