Russian military expert Igor Korotchenko has recently said on state television that the Kremlin plans to attack American ships with nuclear weapons.
His reaction, according to foreign media, comes after late last month, US officials revealed to The Associated Press that President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use American-made weapons to fight against Russian attacks or planned attacks. in Kharkiv region.
The weapons are only allowed to be used to defend Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, and Kiev must not use long-range missiles provided by America.
“In my view, there is only one adequate, swift and effective response to the increased attacks against the territory of the Russian Federation with US long-range weapons, as Biden and [US national security adviser Jake] Sullivan have given the green light and The Armed Forces of Ukraine will carry it out: the total destruction of all electricity generation in Ukraine,” Korotchenko said recently on state television, according to an English translation posted by the Russian Media Monitor watchdog group, Newsweek writes. Telegraph.
Russian Media Monitor was created by journalist Julia Davis “in an effort to combat Russian propaganda.”
Korotchenko then mentioned Russian warships conducting exercises in the Atlantic Ocean on their way to Cuba, as reported by the Russian Defense Ministry.
The ministry said a Russian navy ship and Moscow’s nuclear-powered submarine Kazan conducted the exercise to simulate “a missile attack on a fleet of enemy ships”.
Russian warships are scheduled to be in Havana from Wednesday through next Monday, according to the Cuban Foreign Ministry.
The Cuban ministry said none of the warships carried nuclear weapons and said the warships “do not represent a threat to the region”.
Cuban officials, meanwhile, have called their relations with Russia “historically friendly,” according to AP.
And he continued: “… These tasks are clear: countering the attack groups of American aircraft carriers. Of course, if a strike, as said, a few hundred kilometers away, against an American aircraft carrier strike group, would be done with special means for maximum effectiveness, speed and reliability.
And when state TV host Evgeny Popov pointed out, “Special weapon means nuclear weapon,” Korotchenko confirmed, “Yes, exactly, a nuclear warhead on a Tsirkon [missile].”
