[Exclusive] "Defeat Russia in 6 hours"... Why Putin hesitates on 'nuclear card'

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As Russia launched a large-scale retaliatory attack after the explosion of the Krum Bridge, it is now difficult to foresee war.

Then we interviewed a Russian politician who is standing opposite Putin to see how Russia sees the current war situation.

We will continue the story after watching the interview with reporter Kim Soo-hyung.

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Former Russian energy minister Vladimir Milov, who fled to Lithuania last year to escape the Putin regime's oppression, is developing the anti-Putin movement by serving as economic adviser to Putin's biggest opponent, Alexei Navalny.

Former Deputy Minister Milov, who was interviewed by SBS, said that Russia's airstrikes on civilian areas in Ukraine cannot be viewed only as retaliation for the Krum Bridge explosion.

[Vladimir Milov/Ex-Russian Deputy Minister of Energy: (Civilian attacks) have always been on the table of discussion inside Russia.

People are now seeing and hearing evidence that Putin is waging a war of genocide.]

Sergei Surovikin, the commander of the Ukrainian War, who was sworn in after the Krum Bridge explosion, explained that he was already notorious for killing innocent civilians.

[Vladimir Milov / Former Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia: The new commander-in-chief Surovikin was one of the Russian generals called 'The Butcher of Aleppo'.

He doesn't mind killing civilians.

He can make the most brutal decisions possible.

I think Putin likes that of Surovikin the most.]

[Vladimir Milov/Ex-Russian Deputy Minister of Energy: (Will the war change with the appointment of Commander-in-Chief Surovikin?) He has never been in charge of the ground forces.

The Achilles heel of the Russian army in Ukraine is the inability to defend the region through combat.

The morale is low, so if the Ukrainian army counterattacks, they just run away.]

The explosion of the Krm Bridge predicted that the Russian army, isolated in Kherson, next to the Krm Peninsula, would suffer a direct hit.

[Vladimir Milov / Former Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia: Partial restriction of the supply of munitions through the Krm Bridge is a very important issue in reinforcing the Russian forces stationed in Kherson.

The morale, supplies, etc. of the Russian army there are all very bad.]

Putin's possibility of using nuclear weapons is real, but he explained that he can't easily pull out a nuclear card.

In 2013, Dmitry Rogozin, then Deputy Prime Minister of Russia in charge of logistics, announced the results of the war against the United States that Russia would be defeated in just six hours.

[Vladimir Milov / Former Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia: (2013) Deputy Prime Minister Rogozin at the time said that Russia would be defeated by the United States in 6 hours.

Without a nuclear attack, the US could destroy 90% of Russia's strategy (nuclear installations) in a matter of hours.

Russia's military power is worse than it was back then.]

If you pull out a nuclear card that has no military benefit, you can turn your back on neighboring countries.

[Vladimir Milov/Ex-Russian Deputy Minister of Energy: (If Putin uses nuclear weapons) India, which is now neutral, and other Asian countries will join in sanctions accusing Russia.]

Moreover, Russia right next to Ukraine The possibility that the granary could be contaminated with radioactivity was also a factor that made the use of nuclear weapons hesitant.

[Vladimir Milov/Ex-Russian Deputy Minister of Energy: About 1/3 of Russian food is produced in the region.

If Putin uses a tactical nuclear weapon somewhere nearby, he would be at great risk of contamination even to this region.]

Russia, which is at war with the West in an energy war, is forced to lift sanctions on its own as Europe faces an energy crisis this winter. He explained that he was waiting.

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Then, let's take a look at the interview with Kim Soo-hyung.

[Reporter Kim Soo-hyung: The part that former Vice Minister Milov was most concerned about was the possibility of Russia's biochemical warfare.

Chemical and biological weapons are also weapons of mass destruction that can result in enormous human casualties, but there are already precedents of their actual use with Russia's acquiescence during the Syrian civil war.

However, he predicted that the use of such weapons of mass destruction would pose more serious problems for the Putin regime.]

[Vladimir Milov / Former Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia: What is actually possible is the use of biological and chemical weapons.

It has already been used in the Syrian war.

If Putin uses any weapons of mass destruction, there is a high risk that the three countries that are not currently hostile to Russia will also turn their backs on Putin.]

[Reporter Kim Soo-hyung: In conclusion, it was the prospect of former Vice Minister Miloff that there was little chance of that happening.

Using the military coup d'état under President Gorbachev in 1991 as a teacher, President Putin has maintained extreme secrecy so that his aides cannot know where he is since he came to power.

Moreover, since the war, we have seen several times that key aides who can speak directly to the president remain disarmed and at a considerable distance from Putin.

Also, it is known that there are tens of thousands of elite personnel guarding Putin, and the possibility of an internal coup d'état through this is extremely low

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