Putin won’t use nuclear weapons to retain control of Crimea, according to a senior Ukrainian official who rejected contrary Western warnings as a product of Russian 'propaganda.' “I don’t think so,” Ukrainian special rep Tamila Tasheva told dcexaminer.
Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t use nuclear weapons to retain control of Crimea, according to a senior Ukrainian official who rejected contrary Western warnings as a product of Russian"propaganda."
Putin’s repeated failure to enforce his so-called red lines has emboldened U.S. and European officials to increase the quality and quantity of military aid they provide to Kyiv, up to a point, and some Americans echo the Ukrainian appeal for the West to defy Putin further. Such rhetoric has had an effect in Western imaginations. Even former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, an outspoken proponent of military aid to Ukraine, has suggested that “Crimea is a slightly separate issue,” and Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly has assessed that “a Ukrainian attempt to retake Crimea would be a red line” for Russia.
“There's nothing very special [about] Crimea,” Tasheva said. “Crimea is a territory where three indigenous people, populations, live. ... The period of time when Crimea is a territory under control of Russian Empire, for example, or the Russian Federation — it's not [a] very long period, actually.” That’s a compelling argument for many leading Republicans, such as House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul , who has cited alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine to make the case for U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets and long-range ground-to-ground missile systems to Ukraine.
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