Every move on one side always corresponds to a counterattack on the other, like in a game of chess. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the Iskander missiles were transferred from Russia to Belarus, according to the TASS news agency. These warfare systems are capable of carrying both conventional and tactical nuclear warheads. This happened on the sidelines of Finland’s entry into the NATO alliance, which triggered a reaction from Moscow. Europe’s response came directly from Josep Borrell, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Policy, who expressed his disappointment during the EU-US Energy Council in Brussels.
“It’s been more than a year since Putin started to destroy Ukraine and he seems determined to continue his brutal bloodshed and destruction.” Then the direct attack on the tactics of the Vladimir Putin regime: “The conflict is intensifying, although so far it has achieved nothing. Its latest nuclear gamble, with nuclear weapons transferred to Belarus, constitutes a further escalation and poses a direct threat to European security.”
Instead, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg tried to unmask the Kremlin’s maneuver, labeling Putin’s nuclear threat as mere “rhetoric”. A rhetoric that, however, “even before the invasion of Ukraine”, remains “dangerous and rash”. Arriving at the Foreign Ministry at the headquarters of the Atlantic Alliance, Stoltenberg wanted to allay collective anxieties about a possible nuclear breakthrough in the war in Ukraine: “Naturally, we closely monitor what Russia is doing. And so far, we haven’t seen any changes to your core position that require changes to our position. But we remain vigilant.”
Source: IL Tempo
John Cameron is a journalist at The Nation View specializing in world news and current events, particularly in international politics and diplomacy. With expertise in international relations, he covers a range of topics including conflicts, politics and economic trends.
