Russia Says it Wants to Avoid War With Nuclear Powers

There have recently been conversations between U.S. and Russian officials that has been credited for easing tensions, reports say

Russian President Vladimir Putin seen addressing the nation from the Kremlin.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that it wants to avoid a confrontation with nuclear powers as the war in Ukraine continues to drag on.

Russia said in a statement obtained by The Financial Times that it is “firmly convinced that in the current difficult, turbulent situation, which is the consequence of irresponsible and impudent actions aimed at undermining our national security, preventing any military clash between nuclear powers is the highest priority.”

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An unnamed U.S. official told the paper that there have been high-level meetings between officials from Washington and Moscow that has eased some of the tensions.

“There’s a temporary feeling of reassurance,” the official said.

The Trends Journal reported in this week’s issue that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s position has remained unchanged since the beginning of the conflict. Last week he, once again, said Russia will achieve its objectives. No matter how long it takes. 

He brushed aside claims by the U.S. and the West that Moscow is failing in its war effort and, in its desperation, have turned to the threat of nuclear weapons.

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Despite the continuing NATO/U.S. claims that Russia is prepared to use nuclear weapons, Putin said it was not true and Moscow “said nothing about using nuclear weapons,” in direct response to inflammatory statements by the West.

“There is no point in that, neither political, nor military,” he said.

Earlier this month, President Joe Biden, while at a Democratic fundraiser in New York, confirmed to an audience that the risk of nuclear Armageddon is at its highest point since the Cuban Missile Crisis. His remarks were troubling given that hours earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for the West to take “preventive action” to stop Moscow from using tactical nukes. 

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. has been monitoring Russia and has not “seen any reason to change our nuclear posture.”

Putin said the U.S. is trying to portray Russia as a reckless nuclear power in hopes to get neutral countries to side with the West in its opposition to Moscow.

He also disagreed with Biden that this is a repeat of the Cuban Missile Crisis, when Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet leader, squared off against John F. Kennedy. Putin said, “I cannot imagine myself in Khrushchev’s role, not under any circumstances.”