Russia is becoming increasingly likely to use nuclear weapons as its army falters in Ukraine, a former RAF Airmarshall has predicted as he issued a terrifying warning to the West in an exclusive chat with the Daily Star.
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has not gone well.Major counteroffensives have seen Ukraine take back 6,000 square kilometres of land, while Russia's own spearheads have been blunted.
Putin’s forces have failed at multiple points across the campaign which has led to a huge conscription drive in an effort to save the 'special military operation'. READ MORE: 'Superhero' bloke's Pizza Express loyalty hack hands out £70 of discounts to strangers In reality, though, the more Russia fails and Ukraine succeeds, the greater the chance of Putin turning to more drastic measures becomes, an expert has claimed.
Ukraine is being restrained by its allies who fear that the more Russia fails, the more a nuclear war becomes an option.Former RAF Airmarshall, director general of joint force development and director general of the Ministry of Defence Edward Stringer spent time working in the Pentagon and is well-versed in strategising around nuclear conflict.“What the Americans are trying to do there is avoid the situation where the collapse of the Russian forces is so dramatic and consequential that Putin now feels that he cannot defend Mother Russia,” he told the Daily Star, “and he would now be justified in or panicked into using a nuclear weapon.“That's why the Ukrainians have been asking for more and longer-range missiles.
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