The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, said that in the event of a nuclear attack on Ukraine, Russia would receive a powerful military response from its allies up to the destruction of the Russian army.
He said this during a speech in Bruges at the opening ceremony of the Diplomatic Academy of the EU.
"And then, there is the nuclear threat and Putin is saying he is not bluffing. Well, he cannot afford bluffing. And it has to be clear that the people supporting Ukraine and the European Union and the Member States, and the United Stated and NATO are not bluffing neither. And any nuclear attack against Ukraine will create an answer, not a nuclear answer but such a powerful answer from the military side that the Russian Army will be annihilated, and Putin should not be bluffing," Borrell said.
He added that now is a very serious moment in history, so all allies must show unity, strength and determination.
- Earlier, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with the BBC that Russia had begun to prepare its society for a nuclear strike but added that he did not believe in the use of tactical nuclear weapons.
- The Secretary-General of NATO said that the forces of the Alliance plan to conduct nuclear deterrence exercises. NATO said that a Russian nuclear strike on Ukraine would almost certainly trigger a "physical response" from the Allies.