Putin's renewed nuclear threat: "Europe is defenceless"

Vladimir Putin is once again threatening the West. Recently, he has been speaking extensively about Russia's powerful weaponry. "Europe is defenceless," he stated.

Many of the reports given by Russian media or government officials are elements of propaganda. Such reports are part of the information war conducted by the Russian Federation.

According to the Daily Telegraph, Putin warned that Europe is "defenceless" and unprepared for a nuclear conflict with Russia during a press conference on the sidelines of the international economic forum in St. Petersburg.

He also stated that NATO would not protect Europe in a war with Russia. "Europe does not have a developed early warning system. In that sense, they are defenceless," he warned. As the newspaper reminds us, Putin has previously boasted about Russia's nuclear arsenal, but this week, he intensified his rhetoric.

At the same time, Putin stated that Russia could use such weapons in exceptional cases in the event of a threat to the state's sovereignty and territorial integrity. "I don't think such a case will occur. There is no need," he said.

"Vladimir Putin assumes that Russia will win the war with Ukraine through gradual, slow advances and preventing Ukrainians from conducting counteroffensive operations," writes the Institute for the Study of War, analysing the Russian leader's speech during the Economic Forum in St. Petersburg.

"Putin announced on June 7 at 7:00 GMT his theory of victory in Ukraine, which assumes the ability of Russian forces to gradually, creeping advance, preventing the Ukrainian side from conducting effective counterattacks and winning the war of attrition," emphasises ISW in its latest report, analysing Vladimir Putin's speech.