A Vladimir Putin in a suit, on the edge of the precipice, with a nuclear warhead around his neck. Thus Directly represents the Russian president in its latest issue dated October 10. In its editorial, the Polish weekly considers that the Russian president is engaged in a nuclear bluff which a priori has no chance of succeeding.
“Putin resembles Hitler, who until the end of his days believed in the power of the mythical Wunderwaffe – Goebbels’ revolutionary weapons meant to reverse the fate of the IIIe Reich during World War II. With the difference that the Russian leader does indeed have nuclear weapons in his hands, except that the possibilities of using them to influence the outcome of the war are very limited”, analyzes the editor-in-chief of the publication, who adds that the West has the means to “punish Moscow for breaking the global nuclear taboo since the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks”.
Beijing distances itself
The journalist points out that Moscow can resort only to the use of strategic intercontinental missiles without warning, “designed to sow nuclear annihilation on the other side of the globe, not to solve tactical problems on the border between Ukraine and Russia”. If ever the Kremlin dared to resort to it, the reply would be implacable: “a retaliatory strike that will end Russia as a country and a nation”, and likely, in passing, to“to exterminate most of the inhabitants of the planet”.
Enough to cause concern in Beijing, remarks Directly :
“When the Russian president began brandishing the nuclear threat, Chinese propaganda immediately refrained from repeating Moscow’s narrative that it was NATO that caused the war in Ukraine.”
“Chinese opposition also extends to tactical weapons” which suppose to be transported from warehouses to near the front line, and which would necessarily be detected. “Ukraine, thanks to allied support, has overwhelming advantages in artillery and missiles, as well as great freedom in the air,” continues the publication, which judges that the “Wonder weapon poutinienne” could be destroyed even before reaching the front.
Not to mention new sanctions that the West could still impose on Vladimir Putin’s Russia. The only uncertainty: will the Kremlin be able to come to its senses? After all, he had rejected common sense “prohibiting any entry into Ukraine, while a disastrous defeat would ensue”.