EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Russian President, Vladimir Putin is reportedly considering a chilling show of force in the face of more war losses with talks now being held by a growing number of concerned world leaders and politicians.
It comes as the United Kingdom (UK) Defence Secretary Ben Wallace cancelled giving evidence to MPs at short notice to head to the United States (US) capital to talk to his American counterparts for crisis talks.
US President Joe Biden has claimed that the world is closer to nuclear war today than it has been at any point since The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
Analysts fear that Putin could use a nuclear detonation as a warning shot to NATO not to get directly involved in the conflict.
Speaking to The Sun a security source said: “The threat has increased recently.”
On Monday UK Armed Forces Minister James Heappey was forced to admit that ministers and officials were having to discuss the possibility of a nuclear detonation.
He said: “We are at a time when these sorts of conversations are necessary”.
As Ukrainian troops appear to continue to have the upper hand in the ongoing conflict the possibility of Moscow conducting a nuclear strike may rise.
Western officials have warned that Putin and his generals are growing increasingly desperate amid continued battlefield losses and “significant failures of military leadership”.
Last month, the Russian President said that the Kremlin was willing to use nuclear weapons in order to defend its “territorial integrity”.
On Monday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russia could use nuclear weapons to defend newly annexed areas in eastern Ukraine.
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