Vladimir Putin sent several messages to the world this Wednesday, December 7. The Russian president spoke by videoconference before his Human Rights Council, an organization that depends on the Kremlin. He notably clarified the contours of the Russian nuclear doctrine, and drew up a progress report concerning Ukraine.
“ We haven’t gone mad, we know what nukes are “, assured Vladimir Putin this Wednesday, specifying that Moscow would use the atomic bomb only in response to an attack of this type.
We consider weapons of mass destruction, nuclear weapons, as a means of defence. (Using it) is built around what is called the “retaliatory strike”: if we are struck, we strike back.
” We have these means, and this in a more advanced and modern form than any other country with nuclear power. “Develops the head of the Kremlin, continuing to blow hot and cold.
The Russian president also notes, against the backdrop of the ongoing latent confrontation between his country and the West, that ” the threat of nuclear war is growing “. Americans and Europeans are responsible for it in his eyes.
“the special operation can last a long time” says V Poutine who adds that there is “no need for additional mobilization”. Another clarification from the Russian president: half of those mobilized, 150,000 men, are deployed, while the other half is still in training. https://t.co/JzyccXjkb6
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It’s a turn. It’s not a bluff, said Mr. Putin, in fact, about the ultimate weapon, last September 21, in a speech broadcast in the morning Moscow time, in the evening Vladivostok time, so that the whole country l hear.
On that day, the Russian president had announced a major escalation, the partial mobilization, and finally the use of the nuclear arsenal of the Russian Federation ” in the event of a threat to the territorial integrity of our country “.
“We have new territories”
Mr Putin was speaking to a select panel of affiliated human rights activists. He took the opportunity to take stock of the mobilization and what is still called in Moscow “the special operation”, in its tenth month.
One hundred and fifty thousand mobilized are in the area of the operation, that is to say that half are in the troops. Of these 150,000, only half, or 77,000, are directly in combat units. The others are on the second and third rows. The other 150,000 are still in Ministry of Defense training centers. This is called the combat reserve. Under these conditions, talking about additional mobilization measures simply does not make sense. Neither the state nor the Ministry of Defense needs it today. The special operation may last a long time, but we have new territories. It’s such an important result. And the Sea of Azov became the inland sea of the Russian Federation.
Excerpt from Vladimir Putin’s statements on Ukraine
The Russian head of state is therefore pleased to have annexed four Ukrainian regions in September, even if his control over them remains relative and the fighting continues. This month, the Russian army had to retreat to Kherson.
The withdrawal of this city, annexed a few weeks earlier, notably brought down the temperature. Hence perhaps in part the fact that Vladimir Putin now assures that Moscow will not use the bomb first.
They “suddenly ‘saw the light'”
Also on Wednesday, the head of the Kremlin accused the UN, where his country is a permanent member of the Security Council, but also other international organizations and the foreign media, of cultivating an anti-Russian bias.
It was only after the start of the special military operation that the UN Human Rights Council, the Council of Europe and other so-called human rights organizations men suddenly “saw the light” and shamelessly began to demonstrate their cynical bias.
“ This means that these structures are not able to fulfill their statutory missions “Said Vladimir Putin, as part of this annual meeting of the Presidential Council for Human Rights, formed in 2004.
For him, Western human rights organizations were created ” mainly as an instrument of influence on the internal politics of Russia and especially other countries of the former USSR “.
As to ” foreign media they broadcast, he said, dastardly fakes » and « blatant lies on the Russian offensive in Ukraine. And accuse them of open racism “, or even of” aggressive russophobia “.