Russia seriously considered using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, but China decided against it.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said this in a comment to the Financial Times.
He said the US was “very concerned” that Vladimir Putin appeared to be at least considering the nuclear option.
Even if the probability went from 5 to 15 percent, when it comes to nuclear weapons, there is nothing more serious… We have reason to believe that China brought Russia in and said, ‘Don’t do this,'” Blinken said.
He added that such a conversation could have happened after the US told China that Putin was planning to launch nuclear weapons into space.
Blinken believes that the path has suffered a strategic defeat and that NATO “is larger and better resourced than ever.”
The diplomat rules out the suggestion that the Biden administration was slow to move forward with the weapons, saying it “had to take into account a number of factors” such as Ukraine’s ability to operate and maintain the systems.
Source: Racurs
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