According to Marco Rubio, in this way Putin can try to disrupt arms supplies to Ukraine.
The Russian army has lost the initiative at the front and retreats. Because of this, Putin can order strikes on places where military aid is distributed to Ukraine even on the territory of NATO countries, in particular Poland. This assumption was made by Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio in the State of the Union program on the CNN channel on October 2..
Putin is unpredictable and after heavy defeats at the front, he may resort to desperate measures, according to Marco Rubio, who works in the US Senate Intelligence Committee.
“If he [Putin – editor's note] decides, for example, that arming NATO, arming Europe and arming the US for Ukraine will not only lead to his losing the war, but also undermine his control over power… it is quite possible that he may in ultimately to strike at some of these distribution points through which these supplies come, including inside Poland,” the senator said.
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He noted that he considers such a scenario even more likely than the use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine, the risk of which is currently being actively discussed.
Rubio also said that he could not imagine a scenario in which Russia would win the war in Ukraine. In his opinion, the Russian army has only two options: either try to hold the front, and this may drag on for years, or continue to retreat from the onslaught of Ukrainians.
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Let us remind you that similar threats from the Russian side towards Ukraine's allies have already been sounded by Russia. For example, in July, the head of the Russian delegation at the security negotiations in Vienna, Konstantin Gavrilov, said that the transfer of weapons by Western countries to Kyiv “may force the Russian Federation to move to tougher measures in response”and lead to the expansion of the zone of armed conflict.
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