How will Russia’s nuclear attack, plan to kill 42 lakh people in Ukraine?

Moscow, Seven months have passed since the war between Ukraine and Russia, but no one seems ready to give up. The Russian army, the world’s second largest power, is emphasizing on strategic warfare these days. Ukraine also appears committed to freeing its territories back after it decided to hold a referendum on the occupied territories and merge them with Russia. In such a situation, amidst the ongoing tension between the two sides, President Vladimir Putin has threatened the world with a nuclear attack. During his televised address, the Russian leader made it clear that he would not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack if Ukraine attacked the occupied territories. If Russia, which has giant nuclear bombs in its fleet, does indeed launch a nuclear war, how will it affect the world?

How about a Russian nuclear attack
Analysts say Moscow could potentially deploy one or more tactical warhead nuclear warheads. Tactical nuclear weapons are small weapons with explosive yields ranging from 0.3 kilotons to 100 kilotons. For comparison, the atomic bomb dropped by the US on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945 weighed only 15 kilotons. One lakh 35 thousand people were killed in this attack and even today people are suffering from many serious diseases. In such a situation, if Russia conducts a nuclear attack with 6 times more power than the Hiroshima nuclear attack, then it can destroy Ukraine in one stroke. Instead of a tactical weapon, a strategic nuclear weapon may prove more destructive and have a worldwide impact. However, the chances of Russia launching a strategic nuclear attack in the Ukraine war are almost non-existent.

What does Russia want from a nuclear attack?
According to US intelligence, the goal of using tactical nuclear bombs could be to force Ukraine to surrender or to persuade them to negotiate. Russia may split the Western bloc in two with a nuclear attack so that European countries stop supporting the US for fear of nuclear attacks. Mark Keynesian, a military expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, clarified on the prospects of a nuclear attack by Russia that nothing would be achieved by a nuclear strike on Ukraine alone. Just as the US launched a nuclear attack on Japan on two cities and forced it to surrender, Russia also wants to change the outcome of its attacks. Russia would not want to inflict more casualties in its attacks, but it would certainly like to force Ukraine to surrender with a tactical nuclear strike.

For this, Putin can persuade Zelensky to negotiate with a nuclear bomb on water and a massive explosion at some height over Ukraine. Such a tax could undermine the global consensus against Russia, NATO and Putin, according to former White House nuclear policy expert John Wolfstall.

Russia has the ability to destroy the world
According to a United Nations report, seven countries in the world have a total of 12,700 nuclear weapons. Two of these countries, the US and Russia, have more than 90 percent of nuclear bombs. Russia has the most nuclear warheads in the world, with 5977 of its military bases. With the help of so many atomic bombs, Putin can destroy the earth hundreds of times. According to the Federation of American Scientists, these warheads alone have more than 1100 intercontinental ballistic missiles that can be sent from Russia to every corner of the world. Also Ukraine could see one nuclear attack after another from the sea. The Russian Navy has equipped its fleet with 800 ballistic missiles to carry out nuclear strikes from submarines.

how many people are there?
If it is assumed that Russia intends to carry out two nuclear strikes like Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it could target two of Ukraine’s most important cities. Russia can target Kharkiv as well as the capital of Ukraine. The total population of these two cities is more than 42 lakhs, so if Russia drops its strategic weapons on these two cities, it can cause huge destruction. According to an estimate, the population of both the cities can be affected by these attacks. However, Russia can convince Ukraine to surrender first by threatening its vast population of 42 million.

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