CNN —Moscow is ready to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to the existence of the Russian state but “there has never been such a need,” President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with state media published Wednesday.
Putin said that from a military and technical standpoint, Russia is ready for a nuclear war, though he didn’t say one was imminent.
He warned that if US troops were deployed to Ukraine, Russia would treat them as interventionists.
So I don’t think that everything is going to go head-on here, but we are ready for it,” Putin said.
In his interview with state media, Putin said Russia would be willing to negotiate on Ukraine, but only if based on reality.
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