On Sunday, Pope Francis urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to “end the cycle of bloodshed and death” in Ukraine, highlighting the possibility that this cycle could lead to a nuclear conflict.
This seven-month war’s strongest appeal has come from the Pope during his presentation to the congregation in St. Peter’s Square.
In addition, the pope asked the world community to use all diplomatic channels to put an end to this terrible tragedy and the horror of war. He also urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to “be open” to real peace ideas.
Western intelligence assessments of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s behaviour: According to a Pentagon official, US and Western intelligence assessments of Putin’s behaviour do not completely rule out the possibility that he will use small-scale tactical nuclear weapons to achieve operational effects that will “freeze the progress” made by Ukrainian forces, particularly in the south and east of the country.
According to the insider, Putin was being warned by the military chiefs around him about the “costly price that a NATO response to such a step could pay, particularly the use of tactical nuclear weapons.”
In order to force the government leadership in Kyiv to what he called “surrender,” he said, “President Putin may try to launch a tactical nuclear terrorist attack on one of the populous districts of Ukraine or even against one of the most important sectors of Ukraine’s infrastructure.
Russian intelligence has thus far advised Putin not to “adventure” because asylum, the official added, “the Chief of Staff of the Russian Army and the Kremlin’s military and political advisors are aware that any step taken by Putin in this context will not lead to the surrender of Kyiv, the West, or NATO. Because they are small, efficient missiles, tactical nuclear weapons won’t alter the odds of the ground combat.
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Pope appeals to Putin to put an end to the bloodshed in Ukraine
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