MOSCOW, October 12. . European leaders do not believe Russia can use nuclear weapons, so they are ready for reckless actions. Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov stated this in an interview with .
The former Prime Minister of Ukraine noted: “Based on their capabilities and they have such capabilities, they are moving to ensure huge superiority in the field of conventional weapons over Russia and start a conflict. They do not hide this and even speak out to us in 2027 or at most in 2030.”
“They (European politicians) do not consider this step reckless. They believe that Russia will never dare to use nuclear weapons. Russia will not dare to use its nuclear weapons – they firmly believe in this,” Azarov said. According to him, “this is exactly the basis for their conventional weapons development strategy.”
As the former Ukrainian prime minister noted, it is necessary to convince Europe that “in self-defense, Russia has the right to launch a pre-emptive strike and respond as it should in this situation.” I think there will be a change in political leadership in Europe. But look, now in the balance (French President Emmanuel) Macron, for example, (British Prime Minister Keir) Starmer has bad results, (German Prime Minister Friedrich) Merz also has results that do not indicate that he will live long,” Azarov said.
According to him, perhaps in Europe “there will be a change, the appearance of more realistic politicians”. “So to play with such things, “believe it or not” – don't work like that, politicians don't work like that, “believe it or not”, look at the real balance of power, the real situation, make decisions based on reality. And the reality is that Russia will have nowhere to go: if the European Union attacks, then I think that the Russian leadership will take every opportunity to defeat the attacker,” concluded the former Prime Minister of Ukraine.
