Allowing the US authorities to hit russia with long-range weapons has not increased the risk of a nuclear attack, which is unlikely despite putin's increasingly belligerent statements. This is reported by Reuters with reference to sources, reports UNN.
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The publication writes that russia is likely to expand the sabotage campaign against European facilities in order to increase pressure on the West because of its support for Kiev.
Based on the results of a number of intelligence assessments over the past seven months, it was concluded that a nuclear escalation is unlikely to be a consequence of the decision to ease restrictions on Ukraine's use of American weapons. That opinion hasn't changed since President Joe Biden changed the U.S. stance on armaments this month, sources said.
russia's launch of a new ballistic missile last week, which analysts said was supposed to be a warning to Washington and its European allies, did not change this conclusion.
One in five U.S. officials said that while Washington believes russia will not seek to escalate with its nuclear forces, it will try to respond to what it sees as an escalation by the United States. According to one of the factors, the deployment of a new rocket is part of this effort.
It is noted that Biden changed his mind because of North Korea's entry into the war on the eve of the US presidential election, US officials say.
Some officials believe that concerns about escalation, including nuclear concerns, have been exaggerated, but stress that the overall situation in Ukraine remains dangerous and that nuclear escalation is not ruled out. Russia's ability to find other hidden ways to retaliate against the West is worrisome.
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According to Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga, russia's involvement of the DPRK military in the war, the destruction of Ukrainian nuclear facilities, as well as the strike on the Dnieper with an experimental medium-range ballistic missile have become new realities of Russian aggression.
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