Putin warns Europe is ‘defenceless’ against Russian nuclear weapons

Vladimir Putin has said Europe is “defenceless” against nukes and that his country has “many more” than the continent.

Putin said that his country has “many more [tactical nuclear weapons] than there are on the European continent, even if the United States brings theirs over.”

“Europe does not have a developed [early warning system]. In this sense they are more or less defenceless,” he told the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

He added that the use of nuclear weapons is only possible in “exceptional cases” and that he does not believe “such a case has arisen.”

The Russian leader and other officials have repeatedly raised the threat of a nuclear attack since sending troops into Ukraine in 2022.

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[Mr.Hopoutwitchops]

It’s fascinating at how advanced we’ve become with taking lives rather than saving them

[jaybartgis]

The subject of "who has more nukes" is irrelevant when America's or Russia's arsenal alone still can decimate the entire planet.

[jonnyhatter]

It's surreal how hard the nuclear threat has come back to haunt us.

[jasonwright]

"We have declared that we would not manufacture or deploy these weapons, unless the U.S. does so."
They left that out of the clip.

[happyscottman]

Nobody wins in a nuclear war. In fact the whole world looses. US has about 5000 war heads. Russia has about 5300. If all those were launched the whole world will die. Its a very serious matter and diplomacy needs pursued as soon as possible.

[BrandinMerritt]

Vlad said god forbid it comes down to nuclear strikes

[missioncappuccino]

Remember, Vlad; the Wests bombs are also 2-3x larger than the ones dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima and your population is dramatically centralized.

[jamesroyle]

The brits have nuclear subs. The french have nuclear subs. The states have nuclear subs and icbms. Bragging about nukes is about as impressive as bragging about who has the best cancer. We're both done for.

[johannes]

30 million Russians have no toilet flush. But the big babbo only talks about nuclear destruction

[wben]

He actually thinks Russia would survive nuclear war 😅😂😅😂

[Keefer]

Can’t even beat Ukraine but this clowns talking about everyone else. What a clown 😂

[joelpetersen]

If NATO is so weak, why is he pissed off?
He lost control.

[gurumagoo]

Putin keeps telling everyone how badass Russia is. I'm starting to think it isn't us he's trying ro convince.

[Georgesspierre]

Looks like we're getting to play Fallout in real life

[gerardleistra]

Threatening with nuclear weapons is the lowest u can get as a country..

[Talinthis]

Russia is defenseless too looking at all the little drones freely flying over them without issues.

[BikeJackass]

The bully is gradually understanding nobody is scared of him after Ukraine punched him in the mouth.

[josephmcghee]

He is talking about threat value like moving chess pieces on a chess board. He's not considering the damage that the USA could do to Russia once a nuclear weapon is used by Russia. Russia has expended most of its rockets capable of carrying a nuke in Ukraine. The USA has developed the capability to launch cruise missiles in mass waves from cargo planes while flying outside of Russia. This can flatten Russia's war-making ability.

[meandego]

Just the weak side can talk about nuclear weapons.

[lk]

LoL he can't take Kyiv for last 800+ days and now threat whole Europe :D... This guy is a joke since February 2022.