The former head of the CIA said what the US response to Putin's nuclear attack on Ukraine would be

According to David Petraeus, the entire occupation army of the Russian Federation will be destroyed along with the equipment and the entire Black Sea Fleet.

and equipment on the territory of Ukraine and in Crimea, and will also sink the ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in the event that Russia decides to carry out its threats and still strike Ukraine with tactical nuclear weapons. Former head of the CIA, retired Army General David Petraeus stated this in an interview with ABC News.

“We will destroy all conventional forces that we can see and identify on the battlefield in Ukraine and Crimea, as well as all Russian ships in the Black Sea,” Petraeus said.

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In his opinion, such a conventional strike by the USA will be sufficient and there will be no need to launch a nuclear strike.

“This cannot remain unanswered. But it does not expand – it is not nuclear for nuclear. “You don't want to get involved in a nuclear escalation,” Petraeus said. – But you must show that this cannot be accepted in any case”.

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Based on materials: ZN.ua

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