The US and its allies will destroy Russia’s forces and equipment in Ukraine, and sink its Black Sea fleet – if the Russian president Vladimir Putin will use nuclear weapons in the country, the former head of the CIA claimed today (Monday), David Petraeus.
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In an interview with the ABC network, he emphasized that “we would react under the leadership of NATO – a collective effort – which would take out every Russian conventional force that we can see and identify on the battlefield in Ukraine, in Crimea and everywhere.” However, Pataros added that he did not speak with the national security adviser Jake Sullivan On the US response to Russia’s nuclear escalation.
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Asked if Russia’s use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine would bring America and NATO to war, Petraeus said it would not be a situation that would trigger the alliance’s Article 5, which calls for collective defense. That’s because Ukraine is not part of NATO — however, it would be triggered “An appropriate response by the US and NATO,” he noted.
According to him, the possibility that NATO would act according to Article 5 could be realized in two cases – the first, that the radiation would spread to one of the countries of the alliance. The second, that the attack would be so terrible that it could not remain unanswered. However, Petraeus added that there is no intention to enter into a nuclear escalation here, “But it has to be shown that it cannot be accepted in any way.”
These things come a few days after Putin’s speech, in which he announced the annexation of four districts in Ukraine. During his remarks, the Russian president vowed to defend the areas annexed to Ukraine, and to use “all available means” for that purpose, including nuclear weapons. He accused the United States and its allies of seeking “the destruction of Russia.”