Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly told French leader Emmanuel Macron that America’s nuclear strikes against Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II are proof “you don’…
Russian President Vladimir Putin made an alarming threat that invoked Hiroshima and Nagasaki during a conversation with France’s Emmanuel Macron, telling the leader that the attacks prove that a major city doesn’t need to be targeted to win a war, according to a report.
The Hiroshima comment “sounded like a very heavy hint that Putin might detonate a tactical nuclear weapon in the east of Ukraine, while leaving Kyiv intact. That appeared to be the thrust of his remarks,” the source told the outlet. During a speech delivered at an event celebrating Russia’s illegal annexation of four Ukrainian regions in late September, Putin accused the US of creating a “precedent” by using nuclear weapons during World War II.
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