FEARS of war in Ukraine turning nuclear continue to grow as Defense Minister Vladimir Putin warned a “dirty bomb” could explode in Ukraine.
Russian war chief Sergei Shoigu warned the brutal war zone risks “uncontrolled escalation” if that of Putin troops are still being pushed back across the front line.
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It came when a Russian exile was warned that Putin would gladly sacrifice 20 million soldiers in Ukraine if he could secure victory and his future in the Kremlin.
Shoigu suggested that Ukraine could actually be the one to detonate a “dirty bomb” – an explosive laced with radioactive material.
And while not a true nuclear weapon, the consequences of using such a device could be catastrophic.
But it has been Russia waving the nuclear saber wildly during the war – and the latter claim could be another diversion tactic.
Putin’s troops like to spread as much chaos and misinformation as possible to cover their own tracks.
And so Shoigu’s warning sparks fear about what the Russians are up to if they are beaten back across the front line.
As expected, Russia presented no evidence for their claims.
Shoigu gave the warning in a telephone conversation with his British Opposite Number Ben Wallace.
It came after the British Ministry of Defense boss revealed last week that a Russian fighter jet fired a missile near a RAF spy plane over the Black Sea.
Shoigu also had talks with the French and Turkish defense chiefs.
“They discussed the situation in Ukraine, which is rapidly deteriorating. It is leaning towards further uncontrolled escalation,” said a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry.
The dangerous move was attributed to a “malfunction” – but only serves to further fuel tensions between the West and Russia.
Meanwhile, exiled former diplomat Boris Bondarev warned Putin would dislodge 20 million soldiers to win in Ukraine.
“He’s not smart, he’s just lucky. Now I think his luck is over,” Bondarev told Sky News.
“Don’t doubt it, he can sacrifice 10 or 20 million Russians to win this war, just to slaughter all Ukrainians, because it’s a matter of principle.
“It’s a matter of political survival for him.”
Putin’s war in Ukraine is not going well – and he is also having problems at home amid growing discontent and another of his warplanes crashing into civilian territory.
The Kremlin Armed Forces are currently attempt to key Kherson region. to evacuate because they might be making plans to blow up a major dam.
The dam could be a 18 million tons of water wall – Flooding 80 towns and villages to slow the advance of the Ukrainians.
The liberation of the region – which has been illegally annexed by Mad Vlad – would be a great victory for Ukraine and a further humiliation for Russia.
And it could open the door for another offensive in Crimea — some believe the Russian military could collapse even before the end of 2022.
But elsewhere there are fears that Putin could launch another attack on Kiev around the world border of Belarus.
Vlad would try to open a new front in an attempt to slow down the storming Ukrainian advance in the war-torn east and south.
Russia’s desperate attempt to reverse their failing war has also brought them a massive attack on civilian infrastructure.
Rockets and drones are used to rain down on power plants as the weather gets colder and the days get darker.
Yesterday Putin’s strikes almost left 1.5 million Ukrainians in the dark.
It is believed that Russia hopes that this will allow them to make Kiev lose hope and give up the defense of their homeland.
Kremlin officials on Saturday claimed they had thwarted an attempt by Ukraine to break through the control line in Kherson.
Kiev has ordered an information blackout from the Kherson front to prepare for the final push.
And in a rare admission of trouble on the battlefield, Russian commander “General Armageddon” Sergei Surovikin said the situation in Kherson was “already difficult”.
He horribly warned that Russia “doesn’t rule out difficult decisions” there.
Putin’s commanders thought they could overrun Ukraine within days, but now the war has been raging for eight months.
They convinced Russian troops that they would be greeted with cheers and waving flags as “liberators”, instead facing Kalashnikovs and Molotov cocktails as invaders.
Vlad’s war has become a slow and brutal swamp – one in which the Russians have changed tactics, from attempted surgical strikes to savage, indiscriminate attacks on civilians.
With further defeats ahead, a seemingly hopeless mass mobilization and a resurgent Ukraine storming into their new “territory”, fears are growing that the war could escalate again.