Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to the State, sovereignty or independence of the country, declared the Russian President, in an interview broadcast today. On television Russian state leader Vladimir Putin said he hoped the United States would avoid any escalation that could trigger a nuclear war, but stressed that Russia’s nuclear forces were ready. Asked if he had ever considered using nuclear weapons on the battlefront in Ukraine, the Russian leader responded that there was no need.Putin also expressed confidence that Moscow will achieve its objectives in Ukraine, but said he was open to negotiations, adding that any agreement would require firm guarantees from the West.”We are prepared, but only for negotiations that are not based on some desires after the use of psychotropic drugs, but in the realities that were created, as they say in these cases, on the ground”, he stressed. Putin has repeatedly described the Government of Ukraine, led by Volodymyr Zelensky, as “a group of drug addicts and neo-Nazis “.In the same interview, the President of Russia accused Ukraine of launching attacks on Russian soil in an attempt to interfere in the presidential elections scheduled for March 15 and 17. Several Russian regions, namely Belgorod and Kursk, on the border with Ukraine, were the target of multiple attacks by Ukrainian drones (unmanned aerial devices) for the second day in a row, targeting energy infrastructures. An oil refinery was targeted by a drone this morning, in Ryazan, about 200 kilometers southeast from Moscow, in an attack that caused injuries and started a fire, said the regional governor. Almost 60 drones also hit other Russian regions, including Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk and Voronezh, all on the border with Ukraine, without causing any injuries, according to their regional authorities. On Tuesday, Russian volunteers fighting for Ukraine also claimed to have infiltrated Russia and taken control of a border village in the Kursk region, an incursion that Moscow’s army said it repelled. can be explained in a very simple way. All this is happening in a context of (Ukrainian) failures on the front line,” said Putin. “However, the main objective, I have no doubt, if they cannot undermine the presidential elections in Russia, is to at least try to prevent in some way for citizens to express their will”, guaranteed the Russian leader. Vladimir Putin, in power for more than two decades and a candidate for re-election, is the favorite in the presidential elections, in the absence of any opposition. The election should keep Putin in power until 2030, the year in which he will turn 77, with the possibility of an additional term until 2036, thanks to a constitutional change made in 2020. (RM-Angop) Source: Rádio Moçambique Online
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