President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday that Russia was technically ready for nuclear war and that if the U.S. sent troops to Ukraine it would be considered a significant escalation of the war.

Putin, speaking just days before a March 15-17 election which is certain to give him another six years in power, said the nuclear war scenario was not “rushing” up and he saw no need for the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

“From a military-technical point of view, we are, of course, ready,” Putin, 71, told Rossiya-1 television and news agency RIA in response to a question whether the country was really ready for a nuclear war.

Putin said the U.S. understood that if it deployed American troops on Russian territory - or to Ukraine - Russia would treat the move as an intervention.

  • suoko@feddit.it
    11·
    9 months ago

    BTW, who’s gonna be his successor once he’ll pass away? Has that already been decided?

    • Lath@kbin.earth
      13·
      9 months ago

      Nope. Any potentials are staying quiet in order to avoid accidentally exiting through a window.

      • suoko@feddit.it
        4·
        9 months ago

        So no list of names has been written? Neither a son in case it bocomes a new monarchy? I can’t believe it.

        • Lath@kbin.earth
          61·
          9 months ago

          To be honest, without looking it up, I don’t even know how many kids he has.
          They did a good job staying out of the limelight or the media is too scared to go after them. Either way, there’s little I can say about them.

          Nah, for now i rather think one of the oligarchs will eventually come out of the shadows to take over as the public figure while the rest keep them in check as counsel. They’ve been kept on a tight leash long enough to not want it happen for another generation.