Russia sends chilling WW3 warning to NATO: ‘Our nukes will be aimed!’ | World | News
Tensions between Russian and the West skyrocketed on Sunday, when Vladimir Putin‘s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov issued a direct nuclear threat at one of NATO’s members. Mr Peskov told the Russian news outlet Vesti the Kremlin is ready to do anything needed to ensure the country’s security, and warned one of the Baltic Countries over the deployment of nuclear weapons on its territory.
Addressing Estonia, which on February 18 signalled it was open to host a NATO ally’s nuclear weapon on its territory if deemed necessary, he said: “If there are nuclear weapons on Estonian territory aimed at us, then our nuclear weapons will be aimed at Estonian territory. And Estonia must clearly understand this.”
Estonia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna recently said “Europe should not push away NATO-wide nuclear deterrence,” and added that, if necessary, Estonia would be ready to host an ally’s nuclear weapon on its territory.
“Bringing a nuclear weapon here to our territory — we are not against it. We do not have a doctrine in which we have somehow ruled out, if NATO deems it necessary in accordance with our defense plans, the placement of a nuclear weapon, for example, on our territory,” the minister said, quoted by Estonia’s ERR
Last summer, the media outlet reported similar comments made by the country’s Minister of Defense, Hanno Pevkur, who said said Estonia would be prepared to host allied fighter jets with nuclear capabilities in the future. “The F-35s have already been in Estonia and will soon return again in rotation. We are ready to continue to host allies on our territory, including those who use such platforms,” the minister said.
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In December, the Arms Control Association said Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree updating the government’s formal policy on the possible use of nuclear weapons. It also said the document “appears to lower the threshold for nuclear use”.
The document explained Russia “reserves the right” to use nuclear weapons not only in response to a nuclear attack, but also to respond to a conventional weapons attack that creates a “critical threat” to its “sovereignty and territorial integrity” or to that of Russia’s ally, Belarus.
