Vladimir Putin rules out a Russian attack against NATO countriesa possibility that he calls “folly” due to the great difference between their military potentials. “Have you seen the potential of Russia and NATO? Are we crazy?” she asserted.

The Russian president made this statement during a long interview given this Wednesday to 16 international agencies, in which he faced their questions for the first time since the beginning of his invasion of Ukraine.

Thus, the president has denounced that “it has been invented that Russia wants to attack NATO.” “Who invented it? It’s nonsense, you understand? A delirium“he insisted, ensuring that Russia has no “imperial ambitions”. According to Putin, such statements seek to “deceive the population” of Western countries and justify the shipment of weapons to Kyiv.

However, Putin has also threatened to deploy conventional missiles at striking distance of the United States and its European allies if they allow Ukraine to attack Russia more deeply with long-range Western weapons.

Furthermore, he has warned that the West You are wrong if you think Russia would never use nuclear weaponsemphasizing that atomic weapons in its arsenal have more than triple the power of those launched from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. “The US is the only country that used nuclear weapons. It was during the Second World War, in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 20 kilotons. Our tactical nuclear weapons have 70-75 kilotons,” Putin slipped during the interview, which lasted more than three hours. “Let’s not take the situation not only to his employment, but even the threat of employment,” he added.

Putin, who has criticized that it is the West that always brings this issue to light and then accuses Russia of “shaking the nuclear hammer”, has also recalled what Russian military doctrine says: “For some reason The West believes that Russia will never use them. We have a nuclear doctrine. Look what is written on it. If someone’s actions threaten our sovereignty and territorial integrity, we consider it possible to use all means within our reach,” he stated.

On the other hand, the Russian president has also assured that the fighting in Ukraine would cease in two or three months if The United States suspends the supply of weapons to Kyiv. “And these military actions will be completed in two or three months at most,” he said, stating that he indicated this in a letter to US President Joe Biden: “If you want combat actions in Ukraine to end, stop supplying it with weapons.”