Russian army will be annihilated if nukes used in Ukraine - Borrell
According to Ukrinform, EU High Representative Josep Borrell said this in his remarks at the launch of the European Diplomatic Academy in Bruges. The full text of his speech has been published on the website of the European External Action Service.
"There is a nuclear threat and Putin is saying he is not bluffing. Well, he cannot afford bluffing. And it has to be clear that the people supporting Ukraine and the European Union and the Member States, and the United States and NATO are not bluffing either. And any nuclear attack against Ukraine will create an answer, not a nuclear answer but such a powerful answer from the military side that the Russian Army will be annihilated, and Putin should not be bluffing," Borrell said.
He noted that the world is definitely out of the Cold War and the post-Cold War. The post-Cold War has ended with the Ukrainian war, with the Russian aggression against Ukraine, he said.
"We are certainly living also a 'moment of creation' of a new world. Because this war is changing a lot of things, and certainly it is changing the European Union. This war will create a different European Union, from different perspectives. […] This is a serious moment in the history, and we have to show our unity, and our strength and our determination. Complete determination," Borrell said.
