EU agrees new sanctions on Russia amid nuclear threats | DW News

How real is Russia's nuclear threat? The director of the CIA recently said there is no practical evidence of Russia being close to using nuclear weapons. Other western weapons monitors also say there's no sign of Russia moving warheads out of their bunkers. But every Russian manoeuvre is being closely watched for any sign of whether Putin's rhetoric will move into reality.

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[AndyM_YYY]

There's nothing like making threats of nuclear war to unite people against you.

[unworthy]

Russia is what happens when you believe your own hype. : )

[untouchablex]

Not a nuclear threat. It's a "special atomic intimidation."

[jia]

Russia: Sanctions don't hurt us.
Also Russia: Lift the sanctions!

[tylernorby]

To give some perspective on how big an explosion a kiloton of TNT produces, consider the Beirut Port explosion, which was estimated to be the equivalent of between 0.5 kilotons and 1.12 kilotons of TNT.

[zoltanb]

You should ask yourself: what are the possible targets for a nuclear strike? You'll realize that there are no meaningful targets. There are mainly 2 options, either Russia strikes Kiev and kill a lot of innocent people, but the Ukrainian military is not affected, or Russia strikes around the front line, but according to their new annexation laws, they'd strike themselves (Russia), with probably very few Ukrainian military casualties, as these units are scattered throughout the frontline.

[dimitry]

Russia :
"We don't retreat! We are calling it Special Military Evacuation!"

[asamanthinketh]

Aren't these the same experts who doubted Russia would invade in the first place?

[leakyabstraction]

It's amusing how most Ukrainian soldiers seem to have at least 5 Russian soldiers worth of equipment on them.

[paulchristensen]

Interesting to note that no one here has pointed out that the use of nukes on the battlefield would make the area they were used Uninhabitable for how long ? What is the point of "wining a battle/war" if you are unable to use what you win when it is all said and done?

[tarp-grommet]

The Russian military brass understands that using tactical nukes will not reverse their losses or advance their objectives. It would in fact make their position much worse.

[fpark]

Putin Russia sounding more like North Korea threatening humanity with their nukes.

[fpark]

If Russia uses nuke, wind will blow eastward to Russia.

[RedWolf]

2 things about that train have already been factually confirmed 1) it did NOT have nuclear armaments on it but rather a vehicle (similar to the US Stryker) that’s specifically used to protect the columns of nuclear payload delivery vehicles. And 2) the vehicle was 100% NOT going towards Ukraine... not even close. It originated in Moscow’s northern sector and travelled North to with a strong possibility of being deployed for ‘war games’ in the north near St. Petersburg.

[majnuker]

I am so glad I came across DW. The amount of detail, discussion, and balanced reporting is nearly unmatched these days. It's helped to assuage a lot of my anxiety in recent days.

[sankujamatia]

After watching Chad Russia memes, Putin basically went for it now he's learning what reality is.

[JayPeaTea]

Nagasaki - Fatman: 21 kt. Hiroshima - Little Boy: 15 kt.
Tactical nukes: 1-100 kt. Effective targets: civilian centers (that are far away from areas you're trying to take over).
Total madness.

[chrisenmarch]

Lesson 1 .. understanding and learning Russian terms .. regroup means retreat

[ncstudio]

Seeing that family at the end... It's crazy how some of us live in luxury in Europe while others hang on by cooking on wood fires in burnt out and bombed buildings just to survive. Seeing those Russian recruits was also heart wrenching. We like to think of them as the enemy but they're scared and mostly forced into this one way or another. The only real enemy here is and always was Putin and his people.

[kimberleypex]

E U never had isolate Putin with all the sanctions !