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Zelensky: Russia is preparing the people for nuclear attacks. There should be pre-emptive strikes

2022-10-07 19:40:09Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Zelensky: Russia is preparing the people for nuclear attacks. There should be
Volodymyr Zelensky

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has declared that Russia is preparing the people for the use of nuclear weapons.

In an interview with the BBC, Zelensky urged countries to take measures to prevent this.

"There should be pre-emptive strikes," he said, referring to sanctions and "not attacks" on Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called yesterday for the international community to take "preventive action" to prevent the possible use of nuclear weapons by Russia in Ukraine.

In a speech to the Lowy Institute in Australia, Zelensky underlined the importance of "pre-emptive strikes, pre-emptive actions" to make it clear to Russia what consequences it would face if it used nuclear weapons.

Preventive steps are essential, Zelensky said, adding that we should not "wait for Russia's nuclear attack to act".

Zelensky called on the international community to "make pre-emptive strikes" rather than "wait for Russian nuclear strikes" when asked about NATO's role in the conflict in his speech to the Australian Institute.

Not helping matters at all, US President Joe Biden also said on Thursday that the world is on the brink of nuclear Armageddon for the first time since the Cold War.

Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called Zelensky's comments "nothing more and nothing less than a call to start a world war."

Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called Zelensky a "monster" in response to the comments.

"Everyone on the planet must understand that Zelensky, is a puppet stuffed with weapons, he has turned into a monster whose hands can destroy the entire planet," she said in a post on Telegram.

At the same time, both officials asked the international community to condemn the words of the Ukrainian president.

Shortly after those statements, Zelensky's spokesman, Sergii Nykyforov, issued a public statement to clarify the Ukrainian president's comments after he said many media outlets had interpreted the suggestion as including pre-emptive nuclear strikes, rather than non-preemptive steps. nuclear like sanctions.

Zelensky's spokesman clarified that the "preventive strikes" mentioned by the Ukrainian president were related to economic sanctions instead of nuclear attacks.

These statements have sparked a series of successive reactions from Moscow and around the world, from people worried about the rhetoric used by the Ukrainian president.

Zelensky has long urged the international community to take preventive measures to prevent Russia from escalating the conflict, which has been going on for more than seven months.

His comments to the Lowy Institute come as Moscow moved to annex parts of occupied Ukraine by holding referendums deemed illegal by much of the international community.

Russian President Vladimir Putin also recently threatened that Russia would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons against what it perceives as a serious threat, further worrying the global community about the risk of ongoing war.

Ukraine's capital, Kiev, is reportedly preparing for a possible nuclear attack on the city by stocking evacuation centers with potassium iodine pills, which can help prevent thyroid glands from absorbing radioactive radiation.

Meanwhile, in a speech on Thursday, Zelensky reiterated his concerns about the Russian military presence at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest of its kind in Europe.

In recent weeks, the Ukrainian military has retaken large swathes of territory in a successful counteroffensive that has forced Russian troops to abandon long-held positions. In what Kiev describes as Moscow's response to its defeat, President Vladimir Putin has annexed four regions of Ukraine. These annexations have raised fears of a possible escalation in the 7-month war.

President Putin and other senior Russian officials have suggested that small, tactical nuclear weapons could be used to defend those areas, although Western officials say there is no evidence that Moscow is prepared to do so.


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