{"id":1720965,"date":"2022-11-02T07:48:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T11:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1720965"},"modified":"2022-11-02T07:48:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T11:48:56","slug":"top-russian-military-leaders-discuss-options-for-using-nuclear-weapons-in-ukraine-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-russian-military-leaders-discuss-options-for-using-nuclear-weapons-in-ukraine-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Russian Military Leaders Discuss Options For Using Nuclear Weapons In Ukraine: Report"},"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\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-russian-military-leaders-discuss-options-for-using-nuclear-weapons-in-ukraine-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1720965&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian<\/a> military officials have reportedly discussed in recent days when and how to use tactical nuclear weapons against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a>, should the Kremlin give the order to do so.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/02\/us\/politics\/russia-ukraine-nuclear-weapons.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> was not part of the discussions, according to multiple senior U.S. officials. The report said that Putin has the sole power to issue the order to use nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. military officials were stunned that the discussions were even taking place because it meant that Putin\u2019s past threats about using nuclear weapons may not be just bluster. The officials would not disclose the specific scenarios that Russian military leaders discussed where they would potentially use such weapons.<\/p>\n<p>However, the report said that officials have not seen any substantial evidence that the Russians were planning to use tactical nuclear weapons in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Reports surfaced early last month that a Russian military train was reportedly transporting equipment for the nation\u2019s nuclear weapons program to the frontlines of its war with Ukraine, sparking fears that Putin could be preparing to use nuclear weapons amid Russia\u2019s mounting losses in the war.<\/p>\n<p>The Telegraph\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2022\/10\/03\/nuclear-weapons-convoy-sparks-fears-putin-could-preparing-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that the train is \u201coperated by the secretive nuclear division and linked to the 12th main directorate of the Russian ministry of defence.\u201d The train, which was pictured on a Russian propaganda Telegram account, was reportedly on its way to Ukraine from central Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has since accused Ukraine of planning to use a dirty bomb against Russia, but then the U.S. in turn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/10\/25\/europe\/dirty-bomb-russia-ukraine-explainer-intl-hnk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a> Russia of planning a false flag attack.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin later tamped down those fears while speaking to reporters, saying, \u201cWe have not seen anything to indicate that Putin has made a decision to use a dirty bomb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-reader-unique-id=\"239\">\u201cIt would be the first time a nuclear weapon has been used in over 70 years,\u201d he said. \u201cIf this happened, we have been clear from the very beginning that you would see a very significant response from the international community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-reader-unique-id=\"239\">President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-warns-putin-not-joking-about-using-nuclear-weapons-in-armageddon-situation-u-s-stocks-up-on-radiation-drugs\">used<\/a> the remarks to apparently boost fundraising while talking to Democrats, saying that Putin is \u201cnot joking\u201d about potentially using \u201ctactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons because his military is you might say significantly underperforming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-reader-unique-id=\"239\">\u201cWe have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis,\u201d Biden said, adding that \u201cwe have a direct threat of the use of nuclear weapons if in fact things continue down the path they are going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/russian-official-threatens-nuclear-strike-on-u-s-wipe-out-both-coasts-with-4-satan-2-missiles\">Russian Official Threatens Nuclear Strike On U.S., Wipe Out Both Coasts With 4 \u2018Satan-2\u2019 Missiles<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Russian military officials have reportedly discussed in recent days when and how to use tactical nuclear weapons against Ukraine, should the Kremlin give the order to do so. The New York Times reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin was not part of the discussions, according to multiple senior U.S. officials. 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