Failure to do so will be the beginning of Putin's end.
Putin will order the use of nuclear weapons about Ukraine only when he is sure that it will be fulfilled by all five people who have to press the buttons to launch a nuclear bomb, according to investigative journalist, head of Bellingcat Hristo Grozev.
According to him, The Russian president understands that if one of them refuses to carry out the order, the whole pyramid of Putin's power could fall.
“If Putin decides to order the use of nuclear weapons, he must be sure that everyone in the chain will comply with that order. He understands that of these five hands, which must press the buttons in sequence, if one does not, it will be a signal of disobedience. And, perhaps, even the physical demise of Putin. Therefore, as long as he is not sure that everything will be done, he will not give this order, “Grozev told Radio Svoboda.
to avoid social protests, particularly from thinking young people, and to maintain the existing system of government. At the same time, the war showed Russia's instability in the army.
“The biggest protest potential is now among the most informed security officers. We can call it the “intellectual part of the GRU”, ie people who actually have complete information. And the FSB elite, which knows the exact number of casualties among Russian troops, knows that the mothers, wives, and sisters of dead or missing Russian soldiers do not stop asking questions. They know that this situation will get out of hand someday. These are the parts of the security forces who know the danger of the regime, and they are now preparing their future. Some of them are looking for an opportunity to move their families out of Russia, all of them are looking for opportunities to convert the accumulated corruption money into dollars and euros. This is a kind of betrayal of these people, because they do not follow the ideological orders of the Kremlin, but are preparing for an alternative reality, “Grozev added.
He added that Russia's elites already understand that Putin cannot guarantee them anything. .
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Earlier, Russia promised not to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine . The statement was made by Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexei Zaitsev. Also, the head of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin said that Russia can launch a nuclear strike only in response to the same type of attack.
However, Russia has already ridiculed Western warnings that she was preparing an attack on Ukraine and stated that there could never be a war between Russia and Ukraine.
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