Posted on 10/20/2022 10:01:02 AM PDT by libh8er
The desperate tyrant, 70, is feared by Nato to have his finger inching closer to the trigger ready to launch a nuclear show of force.
The mounting concerns prompted Defence Secretary Ben Wallace to cancel his plans and jet to Washington for crisis talks this week.
Analysts feared Putin would detonate a warhead in the Black Sea, potentially unleashing tsunamis and a poisonous gas cloud.
It was also claimed plans were under way to test fire a tactical nuke in the Arctic before launching one on the battlefield in Ukraine.
Recent days have seen a number of Notam messages - short notice warnings to aircraft - and Russian navigation warnings indicating live fire drills in the Barents Sea near the border with Norway.
It is the same area where Russia's giant "city killer" Belgorod submarine armed with nuclear torpedoes was spotted days ago.
The warnings last until Saturday, although there have reportedly been few indications of major testing so far.
Meanwhile reports claim Putin ordered two nuclear tests earlier this month which did not in fact take place.
Insiders claim the launches were scuppered by "technical failure" or even by the reluctance of military chiefs.
This could be a sign Putin's authority is evaporating, said Varlery Solovey, former professor at Moscow’s prestigious Institute of International Relations, a training school for spies and diplomats.
He said: “Putin’s decision on the use of tactical nuclear weapons [in the Ukraine conflict] would no doubt face resistance.
“I don't know how effective the resistance will be, but I will indicate nuclear tests were supposed to be held over the past two weeks - one in the Barents sea, underwater, and the second underground, in Arkhangelsk region.
“Both times the tests were not held.
“The reason is that before the launch, or more accurately, before the use of tactical nuclear weapons, it is necessary to make sure these weapons are fully operable.
“They had to be tested.”
Solovey, an expert on the president and his inner circle, claimed Putin has made a decision in principle to use nuclear weapons.
My barber told me that his cousin heard from her dog trainer that . . .
Your barber must be married to my hairdresser because I heard the same thing…
RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA! 🙀
NUKES, NUKES, NUKES! 🙀
Not true!!!!
More Deep State efforts to get WWIII going by any means possible. These 'anonymous sources' are taking time off their day jobs lying about Trump to pull in some Christmas cash by lying about abortive nuke attacks.
When Zelensky called for pro-active strikes against Russia, those on FR who said that might be a truly stupid/evil idea were ridiculed as Russian sympathizers. There's a rabid expectation on display; we have to conform, we have to support everything Zelensky's globalist handlers want or we're evil.
Ukraine Frantically Tries to Walk Back Zelensky Call for ‘Preemptive Strikes’ on Russia
The presidential press office of Ukraine accused global media outlets of “nuclear hysteria” on Thursday for sharing remarks made by President Volodymyr Zelensky in which he asked the world for “preemptive strikes” on Russia to avoid nuclear war.Zelensky wasn't able to get the job done but 'anonymous sources' are working to get pro-active strikes on Russia going by claiming, "He started it!".
But, but, but the government said so.
Putin was dissuaded from using a tactical nuke on a Ukrainian bridge over the Dnipro in Kyiv so he went with the drone swarm attacks instead as revenge for the Kerch bridge attack.
whats the cross dressing tranny in charge of Nukes have to say..(forgot what he actually does)
There is absolutely no proof of this and it is reckless to keep this nonsense up.
Much of this comes from the UK, an absolutely ridiculous country anymore.
Bull chit. You can provide no truth for that comment.
Interesting premise.
No matter if it is true or not, why leak it now?
The sun never sets on the British propaganda empire.
;-)
Your attention seeking behavior is just sad.
Winston Churchill explained it many years ago:
“The truth must be protected by a bodyguard of lies.”
“50 present and retired CIA analysts have claimed....”
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