Russia is now threatening Poland with nuclear weapons: how will the West react?

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again threatened with a nuclear strike on country of the North Atlantic Alliance. Thus, Moscow wants to prevent the deployment of a nuclear weapon on Polish territory.

On air 24 Channelsco-director of foreign policy programs at the Razumkov Center, Alexei Melnik, explained why now, despite the Kremlin’s constant threats, the likelihood of a nuclear strike is assessed lower than even before the Russians’ full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

There is an algorithm for response actions

This particular threat from the aggressor country was associated with statements by Polish President Andrzej Duda that the country is ready place Alliance nuclear weapons on its territory.

This is a preventive reaction on the part of Russia,” Melnik noted.

Sociological polls in the West and Ukraine show that a significant part of Ukrainians are not afraid of threats from Russia, which cannot be said about citizens of other countries. According to the co-director of the foreign policy program at the Razumkov Center, this may be due to the fact that Ukrainian society is better informed about political discussions, in particular on the use of nuclear weapons.

Since the end of 2022, this probability is estimated to be lower than it was before, Melnik said.

According to him , this was influenced by the statements of our Western partners. Also, after conducting strategic games, the United States was able to develop an algorithm for responding in the event of such a scenario.

That is, if Russia decides to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine or one of the NATO countries, then the United States has the ability to respond to such a blow. This signal was transmitted to Russia through the intelligence services and it is obvious that the Kremlin took it seriously,” added Alexey Melnik, co-director of foreign policy programs at the Razumkov Center.

It was not official White House statement. However, the United States made it clear to Russia that it would not just strike back, but pointed to specific calculations and maps.

Moving nuclear weapons to Poland: what is known

• Negotiations continue between Warsaw and Washington regarding the deployment of nuclear weapons on Polish territory. The other day, the Polish leader announced his readiness to deploy nuclear weapons in his country in order to strengthen the security of NATO’s eastern flank.
• The Kremlin immediately responded to Andrzej Duda’s words. Russian Foreign Ministry representative Maria Zakharova traditionally resorted to threats, and Duda’s words were called provocative. She also promised an answer if nuclear weapons do appear in Poland. Its locations will allegedly become “legitimate targets of Russia.”
• At the same time, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the Alliance has no plans to deploy nuclear weapons in other countries. .