Honorary Chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, scientific director of the Faculty of World Economics and World Politics at the Higher School of Economics, political scientist Sergei Karaganov, in an interview with Kommersant, admitted the possibility of strikes against Ukraine’s Western allies in the event of Ukrainian strikes deep into Russia. As an example of such a strike, he cited attacks by Ukrainian drones on the Kremlin in the spring of 2023.

“If the drone arrives at the Kremlin again, then why not launch a conventional missile attack on the Reichstag first? Let it burn,” he said. Mr. Karaganov stressed that the first retaliatory strikes should not be nuclear.

First of all, according to him, it is necessary to strike at facilities on the territory of NATO countries, which play an important role in supplying Ukraine. “If this does not stop them, then go on,” the political scientist said. He also considered it necessary to introduce the concept of “nuclear escalation” into the Russian nuclear doctrine.

Karaganov explained that these are preliminary steps that would “convince a conditional or real opponent that we We are ready (to use nuclear weapons.— “Kommersant”)”.

“The main goal of the doctrine should be to ensure that all current and future opponents are confident that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons,” Sergei Karaganov said.— This is not only our duty to our country and our citizens, who are now dying on the fronts and even now in peaceful cities, this is our duty to the world. If we do not reactivate nuclear deterrence, the world will fall into a series of wars that will inevitably become nuclear in nature and end in World War III.”

This Friday, September 13, US President Joe Biden plans to discuss with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer support for Ukraine, including the request of the Ukrainian authorities to strike Russia with long-range weapons. In May, the American president already allowed Ukraine to carry out limited strikes with American weapons on the territory of the Russian Federation against the background of the offensive in the Kharkiv region.

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