"You can wait a lot": Budanov commented on a nuclear threat from the Russian Federation

According to the head of Ukrainian intelligence, the statements of the Russian side about a possible nuclear strike are part of "intimidation tactics". The head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov believes that the Russian Federation will not use nuclear weapons, as it will lead to its complete collapse. The head of the department told about it in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.

The statement of Budanov was made in the context of discussing the de -occupation of Crimea. The head of GUR MO believes that the liberation of the peninsula does not provoke Vladimir Putin to use nuclear weapons. "It's not true. And Crimea will come back to us. I will tell you more: it all started in Crimea 2014, it will end there," the intelligence head said. Kirill Budanov added that the threats of Russian officials and propagandists about nuclear war are only part of the "intimidation tactics".

"Russia is a country that can be expected, but not outright idiocy. Sorry, but it won't happen. It will not only lead a nuclear blow to Russia's military defeat, but also to collapse. And they know it well," he said. Budanov. journalists. Boris Johnson, the Russian Federation, would probably not apply nuclear weapons, said Boris Johnson during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 19.

According to him, the nuclear blow will lead to the Russian Federation to "complete economic cryogenic paralysis". Focus also wrote that on January 31, US military historian Max Booth reported a low likelihood of nuclear weapons. The expert noted that Vladimir Putin does not want to start a war in which he will not be able to win.

For his part, Croatia President Zoran Milanovich stated on January 30 that Ukraine would never return the occupied Crimea and the Russian Federation will apply nuclear weapons in case of losing. At the same time, he referred to the "leading German generals". On January 26, Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban told reporters that Vladimir Putin could use tactical nuclear weapons if Ukrainians cross the Russian border with Western weapons.