A top European Union official warned Russia’s military will be “annihilated” by Western forces if Russian President Vladimir Putin uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
“Any nuclear attack against Ukraine will create an answer—not a nuclear answer, but such a powerful answer from the military side that the Russian Army will be annihilated,” European Union High Representative Josep Borrell stated Thursday. “This is a serious moment in the history, and we have to show our unity, our strength, and our determination. Complete determination.”
During a speech last month, Putin said that he is “not bluffing” and said he would defend Russia’s “territorial integrity of our motherland” by “all the means at our disposal” in what some interpreted as a nuclear warning. He did not specifically mention nuclear weapons, although other top Russian officials have said such weapons could be utilized….