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- In a 2025 documentary marking his 25 years in power, Vladimir Putin claimed that actions by Western countries were intended to provoke him into deploying nuclear weapons during the conflict in Ukraine.
- This accusation follows repeated nuclear threats from Putin amid a full-scale invasion that Russia launched in Ukraine in 2022.
- Washington delivered stern diplomatic warnings to Russia after a November 2024 missile attack on Dnipro, seen as a nuclear threat by some analysts.
- Putin indicated that the use of nuclear weapons has not been necessary, accusing others of attempting to provoke Russia, and asserted that the country possesses adequate military capabilities to accomplish its objectives in the conflict.
- The ongoing conflict and stalled peace talks have increased Western concerns, prompting closer U.S.-Ukraine economic ties and European plans to boost military support.
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LETTER: Time of the Essence
Dear Editor: Nine of the world’s nations have nuclear weapons, three of them our enemies — Russia, China, and North Korea. Perhaps the most urgent problem the world now faces is trying to prevent the radical terrorist state of Iran…
After the Russian Great Invasion in Ukraine Moscow threatens several times with nuclear weapons. Now Putin claims that the West wanted to provoke him to command such an operation.
West wanted Russia 'to make mistakes' and nuke Ukraine
Moscow has the means to achieve its objectives in the conflict without resorting to drastic measures, the Russian president has said Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Kiev's Western backers of attempting to provoke Moscow into using nuclear weapons in Ukraine. He stressed that this drastic measure has not been necessary and expressed hope that it never will be. In an interview with Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin aired on Sunday, Put…
Putin accuses West of provocation to use nuclear weapon - Worldstage
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of trying to provoke him into using nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Putin made the comment on a documentry film about his 25 years in power, local media reported. “They wanted to provoke us, they wanted to make us make mistakes,” he said in the film. “However, there was no need to use nuclear weapons, he said. “And I hope that this will not be necessary in the future either.” Russia has sufficie…
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