"The attacker must know that the answer will be inevitable"
Referring to Russia's policy on the use of nuclear weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he did not foresee that Russia would "strike" in a possible nuclear confrontation, but if it received such a blow, it would certainly give its own response.
"The attacker must know that the answer will be inevitable and that it will be destroyed. "While we, as victims of the attack, will go to paradise as witnesses, they will simply be relieved, as they will not even have time to repent," said the Russian president, thus describing the bleak picture of the consequences of a possible nuclear conflict in people.
"Of course, it will be a global catastrophe, but I repeat, we will not be the ones to cause this catastrophe, because we do not adopt the logic of a preemptive strike," he added.
"Our policy on the use of nuclear weapons does not include the pre-emptive strike, but the response to a blow we receive, and that means we are ready to use nuclear weapons, and only then, when we are sure that the potential invader will strike. "Our territory", said the Russian president, clarifying that such an answer can be given thanks to the early warning system in case of a missile attack, which in a matter of seconds, globally records the launch of missiles in each territory and tracks its trajectory. flight point and the point of fall of the nuclear warheads.