Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Gates says it’s most unlikely that Russia would use chemical weapons in Ukraine
Gates says chances of Russia using chemical or nuclear weapons ‘pretty low’, The Hill, 13 Apr 22
………………………………….. Gates said there are also no military reasons for Putin to use targeted nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
“Again, what’s the military value of it? It’s really more of a terror weapon, at this point and the consequences of crossing that threshold are, I think, pretty consequential,” he said, also noting the geographical risk of such weapons.
“The winds there blow from the west. So radiation from the use of a tactical nuclear weapons in eastern Ukraine is going to end up in Russia,” Gates said……… https://thehill.com/policy/international/3266833-gates-says-chances-of-russia-using-chemical-or-nuclear-weapons-pretty-low/
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