Although the Ukrainian government has refused to negotiate a possible end to the war with Moscow, the US government has apparently been in talks with senior Kremlin officials for some time. According to a media report, Jake Sullivan, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, has been meeting with both Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov and Russian Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev in recent weeks. According to reports, it was mainly about nuclear weapons.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons in his stalled campaign of conquest against Ukraine. All available resources will be used – including tactical nuclear weapons if necessary. At the same time, the Kremlin warned that Ukraine was preparing to use a “dirty bomb”. In this context, even the UN Security Council was convened for a session. Kiev vehemently denied it. An assessment by the International Atomic Energy Agency found no evidence of such plans by the Ukrainian military, it said last week.
Experts do not rule out that Russia could use its nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine. According to Putin, Russia will “use all available weapon systems” to defend the four annexed regions of Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhya and Donetsk. According to the Kremlin spokesperson, the area is in place As of now, Dmitri Peskov falls under Russia’s nuclear umbrella.
White House: ‘People are claiming many things’
According to the Wall Street Journal, the US-Russia talks were conducted against this backdrop of nuclear threats. Preventing further escalation was the top priority. The White House’s official statement on this was extremely succinct: “People are claiming a lot of things.” The Wall Street Journal, in turn, referred to American and NATO circles. The Kremlin declined to comment on the US report on Monday. Spokesperson Dmitri Peskow only emphasized that they were open to consultation. Traditional diplomatic contacts between Moscow and Washington have diminished significantly since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.
Source: Krone
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