Fears Putin will unleash chemical weapons after losing key region in Ukraine, ex-Nato boss warns

Fears are rising Vladimir Putin could motorboat deadly chemic weapons connected his enemies arsenic the warfare with Ukraine continues to unravel arsenic UK-supplied weapons were used

Vladimir Putin is feared to beryllium preparing to launch chemic weapons connected his enemies arsenic the concern continues to unravel.

Reports successful Ukraine suggested the state fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles at a Russian statesmanlike installation with an “underground power room” successful Kursk portion - wherever Kim Jong Un’s commanders were holed up alongside Russian apical brass. Today, it was reported the Kremlin’s hopeless attempts to instrumentality backmost the portion could pb to him reaching for his proviso of chemic weapons.

Ex-Nato commandant Hamish de Bretton-Gordon warned: “Putin is perfectly rattled. He could person mislaid up to 700,000 soldiers already. Now, with Ukraine hitting backmost utilizing US ATACMS and British Storm Shadow missiles, helium knows his forces successful Kursk are sitting ducks.”

The Russian despot contiguous launched a revenge onslaught connected Ukraine aft the state deed a Russian tract utilizing British-made missiles. Ukrainian authorities said this greeting the Russian subject launched an onslaught connected Dnipro utilizing aggregate types of missiles, including an intercontinental ballistic rocket (ICBM), reportedly the archetypal utilized connected the battleground.

It comes arsenic Moscow's ambassador claimed Britain is present "directly involved" successful the Ukraine war, aft its Storm Shadow rocket was utilized wrong Russia. Andrei Kelin told Sky News : "Britain and UK is present straight progressive successful this war, due to the fact that this firing cannot hap without NATO staff, British unit arsenic well. I tin accidental easy that we person plentifulness of mercenaries from antithetic countries that are warring close present connected the broadside of Ukraine."

The quality comes amid heightened tensions arsenic Kremlin sources besides briefed of the anticipation of an onslaught connected a US airbase successful Poland – an enactment of aggression that would astir surely trigger a wider confrontation betwixt NATO countries and Putin's warfare machine. While the scope of an ICBM would look excessive for usage against Ukraine, specified missiles are designed to transportation atomic warheads, and the usage of 1 would service arsenic a chilling reminder of Russia’s atomic capableness and a almighty connection of imaginable escalation.

The onslaught comes 2 days aft Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a revised atomic doctrine to formally little the threshold for the country’s usage of atomic weapons. Putin has antecedently warned the U.S. and different NATO allies allowing Ukraine to usage Western-supplied longer-range weapons to deed Russian territory would mean Russia and NATO are astatine war.