Zelenskyy responds to Putin's nuclear threats: 'He's not always adequate'
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
It is not the first time that Russian President Vladimir Putin has frightened the world with nuclear threats. And he may or may not actually use nuclear weapons, says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview with Fox News.
“Nobody knows what's in his head really. He could use nuclear in any country in any time. Or not. I'm not sure that he will do it. I'm not sure... I'm sharing with you what I think, but I'm not Putin, God bless,” the president said.
Zelenskyy emphasized that he could not know exactly what Putin's intentions were.
“Because he is not always adequate, because any adequate people can't just, you know, come to Ukraine and did what he did. He loves his life I think, way of life. And the way he's managing lives of others... That's why I think he has to be afraid to use nuclear weapon,” the head of state added.
Putin's nuclear threats
Putin recently proposed to expand the list of conditions for using nuclear weapons. In the updated version of the nuclear doctrine, aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear state, but with the participation or support of a nuclear state, is proposed to be considered a joint attack on Russia.
Putin also said that Russia's nuclear weapons were allegedly more powerful than NATO's.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Putin's nuclear threats “irresponsible.”
Read more about Putin's nuclear threats and how Ukraine is responding in RBC-Ukraine's article.
