O presidente russo, Putin, alerta o Ocidente sobre a prontidão nuclear. Russian President Putin warns West of nuclear readiness.

O presidente russo, Vladimir Putin, alertou o Ocidente de que a Rússia está tecnicamente pronta para a guerra nuclear e consideraria o envio de tropas dos EUA para a Ucrânia como uma escalada significativa do conflito. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the West that Russia is technically ready for nuclear war and would view U.S. troop deployment to Ukraine as a significant escalation of the conflict. Putin afirmou que embora o cenário de guerra nuclear não fosse iminente, a prontidão técnico-militar da Rússia estava em vigor, enfatizando que o uso de armas nucleares estava explicitado na doutrina nuclear do Kremlin e que nunca houve necessidade de armas nucleares no conflito . Putin stated that although the nuclear war scenario was not imminent, Russia's military-technical readiness was in place, emphasizing that the use of nuclear weapons was spelled out in the Kremlin's nuclear doctrine and that there has never been a need for nuclear weapons in the conflict.