03/10/2022
Ex-CIA boss: USA would switch off Russian troops in the event of nuclear use in Ukraine
Ex-CIA boss and former four-star general of the US Army, David Petraeus, assumes a massive military response from the United States, should Russia use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Petraeus tells the broadcaster ABC News that the USA and its allies would switch off the Russian troops in Ukraine. The
Black Sea fleet would be sunk, says the ex-CIA boss in an interview. He emphasizes that he had not talked to the national security advisor in the White House, Jake Sullivan, about this scenario. Sullivan had said a week ago that the United States had warned Russia “On very high levels” of “catastrophic consequences” of a nuclear weapon use. Petraeus now says that the United States would switch off all Russian conventional armed forces together with NATO, “which we are on the battlefield in Ukraine can identify, also in the Crimea and every ship in the Black Sea “. From the perspective of Petraeus, a Russian use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine would not trigger the NATO alliance, since Ukraine is not a member. If radioactive radiation reaches an alliance member, However, this could be seen as an attack on NATO. In any case, there must be a response from the USA and NATO with a Russian atomic mission. (Source: The Guardien)