“How else do you interpret it?”
I’d say his thinking was, “If we still had nukes, Russia would not invade us.”
Russia has launched several military adventures since WWII, and not ONE of them has been against anyone who had a nuke. So, on the whole, nukes would seem to be great deterrents.
You get it, tovarishch.
Ever heard of that thing called "The Korean Conflict?"
I see, fallacies.