{"id":1672110,"date":"2022-10-04T12:53:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T16:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1672110"},"modified":"2022-10-04T12:53:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T16:53:55","slug":"russia-feared-to-be-planning-major-nuclear-test-near-border-with-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-feared-to-be-planning-major-nuclear-test-near-border-with-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Feared to Be Planning Major Nuclear Test Near Border With Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Russian President Vladimir Putin is feared to be planning a nuclear test on the border with Ukraine \u2014 while officials in Kyiv are already handing out potassium iodide pills to protect against a possible nuke strike.<\/p>\n<p>NATO has issued an intelligence report to its members and allies warning that the Kremlin is planning to test so-called \u201cdoomsday\u201d Poseidon nuclear torpedo drones, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/4079ae8a-4326-11ed-abc9-d0d53e948d21?shareToken=7352b911db4b31f19f9b621eac7c148f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to the Times of London.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/nato-putin-nuclear-test-ukraine-border-feat-image.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>Putin is feared to be planning the nuke test as proof he means his earlier threat to \u201cuse all the means at our disposal.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Putin plans to test it near the Ukraine frontier as proof he is willing to make good on<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/21\/protests-rock-russia-amid-nuclear-threats-mobilization-order\/\"> his threat <\/a>to \u201cuse all the means at our disposal,\u201d including weapons of mass destruction, sources told the paper.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/nato-putin-nuclear-test-ukraine-border-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nato-putin-nuclear-test-ukraine-border-06.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Defense Ministry fires a ballistic missile during earlier drills.\" class=\"wp-image-24113840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nato-putin-nuclear-test-ukraine-border-06-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nato-putin-nuclear-test-ukraine-border-06-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nato-putin-nuclear-test-ukraine-border-06-2.jpg&amp;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>NATO is reportedly warning that Putin will test a nuke near Ukraine\u2019s border to back up his recent escalated threats.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The reported warning comes as Russia is believed to have <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/03\/putin-deploys-worlds-largest-submarine-nuclear-convoy\/\">deployed some of its nuclear arsenals,<\/a> including the world\u2019s largest submarine, the Belgorod, which is capable of carrying Poseidon nukes, the so-called \u201cweapon of the apocalypse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A train spotted carrying weaponry to the front lines was also thought to be run by the shadowy force responsible for the Kremlin\u2019s nuclear arsenal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__header\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"button inline-slideshow__nav inline-slideshow__nav--prev inline-slideshow__nav--disabled\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Previous<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span>1<\/span> of <span>5<\/span>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"button inline-slideshow__nav inline-slideshow__nav--next\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Next<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A senior UK defense source told the Times that Putin will most likely display his readiness to use nukes somewhere in the Black Sea.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is \u201cnot impossible\u201d that Putin could fire a smaller, tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine itself, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>That carries extra risk because \u201cthey could misfire and accidentally hit a Russian city close to the Ukrainian border, such as Belgorod,\u201d the source added,<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Putin has insisted he is \u201cnot bluffing\u201d about his readiness to use his nuclear arsenal, and US officials have made clear they are taking the threats seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Officials in Ukraine\u2019s capital are also already taking steps to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/25\/volodymyr-zelensky-says-nuke-war-could-be-a-reality\/\">prepare for a possible strike<\/a> there.<\/p>\n<p>The city council of Kyiv said it is providing evacuation centers with potassium iodide pills, which can help block the absorption of harmful radiation by the thyroid gland if taken close to a nuclear attack.<\/p>\n<p>The pills will be distributed to residents in areas contaminated by nuclear radiation if there is a need to evacuate, the city council said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Experts believe Putin is clearly \u201cgetting desperate\u201d amid humiliating failures on the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the quality of the decision-making in the Kremlin at the moment, nothing should be discounted,\u201d James Rogers, director of research at the Council on Geostrategy, told the UK Times.<\/p>\n<p>Others still hope that the escalation of rhetoric and movement of nuclear arms is just a warning to the West to keep out of Russia\u2019s brutal war on its neighbor.<\/p>\n<p>However, if Putin does launch a nuclear attack, it would \u201copen up Pandora\u2019s box\u201d if NATO uses nukes in return, nuclear weapons expert Professor Andrew Futter told the Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the West uses nuclear weapons in response, you really don\u2019t know what comes next,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<p>US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said last week Washington had warned Moscow of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/26\/us-warns-russia-of-catastrophic-consequences-if-it-uses-nuclear-weapons\/\"> \u201ccatastrophic consequences\u201d <\/a>if it used nuclear arms.<\/p>\n<p>Russia is the world\u2019s biggest nuclear power, with 5,977 warheads to the US\u2019 5,428, according to the Federation of American Scientists.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to tactical nuclear weapons \u2014 less powerful than the big bombs that could -destroy large cities \u2014 Russia has about 10 times the number the US has.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Andrey Baklitskiy, a senior researcher at the UN\u2019s Institute for Disarmament Research, stressed that nukes \u201care not something that you just employ and they solve all your problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Using them remains \u201cone of the biggest decisions in the history of Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov refused to discuss the alleged NATO warning, dismissing the Times of London report as Western exercises in \u201cnuclear rhetoric.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s threats come as <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/03\/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-over-japan\/\">North Korea fired a ballistic missile<\/a> over neighboring Japan for the first time in five years early Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin is feared to be planning a nuclear test on the border with Ukraine \u2014 while officials in Kyiv are already handing out potassium iodide pills 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