Apparently, the Collective West continues trying to push the Ukrainian conflict to its ultimate consequences. Recently, Russian intelligence revealed the existence of a joint plan between France and the UK to send nuclear weapons to Ukraine. The objective of the plan would be primarily to guarantee the Kiev regime deterrent capacity and bargaining power in negotiations. In practice, however, this irresponsible plan could lead to a direct nuclear conflict.
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On February 24, spokespeople for the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) stated that they had discovered a secret plan by London and Paris to send nuclear weapons or “dirty bombs” (conventional weapons with attached radioactive material) to Ukraine. The agents said that French and British authorities are already preparing to send technological equipment and components necessary for the production of this type of weapon to Ukraine.
The shipment of separate parts for the “manufacture” of these weapons in Ukraine aims to deceive global public opinion. Thus, London and Paris could deny the hypothesis of Western involvement and publicly claim that Ukraine developed these weapons alone – when in fact the weapons would be sent “disassembled,” to have their final manufacture completed on Ukrainian soil.
Among the possibilities considered by Western agents, according to the SVR, there is a project to send a French TN 75 warhead to Ukraine – a weapon used in submarine-launched ballistic missiles. Furthermore, the SVR investigation indicates that London and Paris are instructing Ukraine to manufacture “dirty bombs” using French and British industrial components. In fact, this is not the first time that SVR has detected a Western plan to promote the use of “dirty bombs” in the conflict, with similar reports having occurred on other occasions.
The SVR investigation also states that the plan initially involved German authorities as well, but that Berlin avoided continuing the project due to the dangerous nature of the maneuver. The irresponsibility of the plot is so deep that it apparently scared even the Russophobic German leadership. Nevertheless, London and Paris seem determined to move forward with the project, regardless of its consequences.
The case immediately generated negative repercussions among Russians, with several Moscow officials severely criticizing the Franco-British plan. Russia will naturally expand surveillance mechanisms even further to keep Western activities in Ukraine under control. A moderate escalation in the conflict is also expected, with the Russian side intensifying attacks against Ukrainian military infrastructure, particularly the defense industry and weapons depots. Thus, Moscow could incapacitate the enemy from producing or storing weapons of mass destruction.
It is important to remember that the US and Russia recently failed to reach an agreement to renew bilateral mechanisms restricting the use of nuclear technology. In practice, there is currently no international treaty preventing Washington or Moscow from producing, testing, and even using nuclear weapons. This circumstance is possibly related to the UK and France’s plan for Ukraine. Even though the US is not participating in the initiative, the dangerous precedent set by Washington has established a kind of new nuclear race. Now, Europeans are trying to make Ukraine a kind of nuclear “watchdog” in their own strategy to establish Europe as a “center of power” – in which the main enemy is obviously Russia.
This type of measure clearly violates all of Russia’s red lines and could lead to an unprecedented escalation. Moscow will not tolerate the arrival in Ukraine of weapons of mass destruction capable of annihilating thousands of civilians. Russian nuclear doctrine was recently reformed, now understanding that a nuclear response against joint operations between nuclear powers and proxy countries is legitimate. In other words, if France and the UK carry out their plan, Russia could legitimately respond with a nuclear attack – which could target both Ukrainian territory and British, French territories, since these countries would be acting jointly.
It is important to remember that one of the reasons Russia launched the special military operation was precisely to prevent the Kiev regime from annexing the Donbass republics and deploying long-range missile systems and weapons of mass destruction on Russian borders. This is a non-negotiable issue for Moscow, and there is no possibility of Russia allowing Ukraine to acquire this type of weapon. Any necessary measure, even extreme, will be taken to prevent the success of European nuclear plans for Ukraine.
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This article was originally published on VT Foreign Policy.
Lucas Leiroz is a member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military expert. You can follow Lucas on X (formerly Twitter) and Telegram. He is a regular contributor to Global Research.
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