MOSCOW (Archyde.com) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top secretary to the Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, said Russia has weapons capable of destroying any enemy, including the United States, in an existential crisis. He warned that Washington underestimated Russia’s nuclear power.
Patrushev’s remarks are the latest move to raise fears of a nuclear showdown between the world’s two largest nuclear powers. The Russian government has said it wants to avoid a nuclear confrontation.
“U.S. politicians, trapped in their own propaganda, believe that in the event of a direct clash with Russia, the U.S. is capable of preemptive missile strikes, and Russia will respond,” Patrushev told the Russian daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta on Thursday. “We continue to be confident that we can’t. This is short-sighted stupidity and very dangerous.” “Russia is patient and does not intimidate by military superiority, but it has modern and unique weapons capable of destroying any adversary, including the United States, in the face of an existential opportunity.” .
Putin announced on Wednesday that he would deploy tactical nuclear missiles to Russia’s ally Belarus, which borders both Russia and Ukraine. He warned the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which is providing military aid to Ukraine, a move that would escalate tensions with Western powers.