MSOpinion Invasion of Ukraine revives nuclear warfare nightmare “With Moscow on the back foot in its offensive, the military stalemate has raised fears Russia could resort to its nuclear arsenal to achieve a breakthrough” READ:
“With Moscow on the back foot in its offensive, the military stalemate has raised fears Russia could resort to its nuclear arsenal to achieve a breakthrough”
Russia, along with Britain, China, France and the United States, are the five recognized nuclear weapons powers and permanent UN Security Council members. One former Russian diplomat, asking not to be named, warned that if President Vladimir Putin felt Russia’s existence threatened, “he will press the button.”
But the framework that kept world leaders’ fingers off the button after 1945 had been crumbling for years before Putin’s order to invade. “Regarding disarmament, it’s all in ruins, apart from New Start,” Grand said, referring to the Barack Obama-era agreement with Russia to reduce numbers of warheads, missiles, bombers and launchers.India, North Korea and Pakistan, along with the five recognized powers, also have nuclear weapons, while Israel is widely assumed to do so while having never officially acknowledged it.
Non-nuclear countries in the region fear that the protection provided by the US nuclear umbrella is fraying.
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