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US increasingly fearful Putin will use unconventional weapons in Ukraine
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IANS | 24 Nov, 2022
Ruddian
President Vladimir Putin could resort to using Novichok in mass
chemical weapon attacks in Ukraine if his troops continue to lose
ground, US officials fear, according to a media report.
As
the progress of the war has gone increasingly in Kiev's favour, fears
that Russia could take extreme measures to force Ukraine to surrender -
such as launching a nuclear strike or a dirty bomb attack - have been
rising, Daily Mail reported.
But according to six people with
knowledge of the matter, Putin is prepared to use chemical weapons in a
mass-casualty event before resorting to a nuclear confrontation with
NATO.
According to the sources, cited by Politico, President Joe
Biden's administration is working to ensure its western allies are
prepared for such an attack.
The sources said that Washington
predicts Russia will use chemical weapons in the event of further losses
on the battlefield, or a total collapse of Putin's army.
Top US
officials strategising for such an attack believe Moscow could deploy
chemical weapons Russia has been known to use in the past - including
those used in the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny (on a
flight to Moscow) and former Russian military intelligence officer
Sergei Skripal (in Salisbury, Britain), Daily Mail reported.
Both
were poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent and were hospitalised in a
critical condition. Against the odds, they both survived the attack.
While
in the past, the nerve agent has been used by Russia to target
individuals, US officials have said it can also be used to carry out a
mass-casualty event.
Some chemicals can be turned into an aerosol
or delivered using munitions to inflict devastating damage on a large
area, and a large group of people.
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