NYT: Russia was ready to use nuclear weapons to defend Crimea in 2022

Journalists of The New York Times have reported that Russia was allegedly ready to use tactical nuclear weapons to defend Crimea in 2022.

According to the newspaper, this was allegedly said by General Sergey Surovikin. The corresponding data appeared from US intelligence.

The authors of the Telegram-channel “Military Chronicle” called the theses from the material as speculative, far-fetched and logically unstable.

Earlier, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with the Saudi TV channel Al Arabiya that the Russian authorities were not crazy and did not want to use nuclear weapons.