Putin threatens to NUKE the West and destroy civilization as NATO and U.S. prepare to strike Russia

Putin threatens to NUKE the West and destroy civilization as NATO and U.S. prepare to strike Russia

Belle Carter

Russian President Vladimir Putin wants the West to know that he is aware that NATO and the U.S. are preparing to strike Moscow and that he would not have qualms about using the country's nuclear arsenal to "destroy civilization."

According to Reuters, the Ukraine war has triggered the worst crisis in Moscow's relations with the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. 

Putin has previously spoken of the dangers of a confrontation between NATO and Russia, but his nuclear warning on Thursday was one of his most explicit. The 71-year-old Russian leader said: 

"They, NATO and America, are active in other parts of the world, of course, and they continue to lie there, to deceive. They are preparing to strike our territory and, using the best possible forces, the most effective forces to do so. But we remember the fate of those who try to invade our territory and of course, their fate will be much more tragic than anything we could face."

Speaking ahead of a March 15 to 17 presidential election when he is certain to be re-elected for another six-year term, Putin made sure to get it out in public how advanced and modernized the Russian nuclear arsenal is, further warning the West: "They have to understand that we also have weapons, weapons that can defeat them on their territory. Of course, all this is very dangerous because it could trigger the use of nuclear weapons. Do they not understand that?" He reiterated that strategic nuclear forces are in a state of full readiness for guaranteed use.

He also said that the provocation to trigger a nuclear attack could be catalyzed if NATO continues to send troops to Ukraine. He said that Russia must strengthen its western military district after Finland and Sweden's admission to the Atlantic Alliance as Finland has a long land border with northwest Russia. "They should eventually realize that we also have weapons that can hit targets on their territory. Everything that the West comes up with creates the real threat of a conflict with the use of nuclear weapons, and thus the destruction of civilization," Putin added. (Related: Medvedev warns of NUCLEAR STRIKES on the U.S. and U.K. if Russian territories are seriously threatened.)

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