Mr.
Rao, thank you very much indeed for joining us here
on View on.
And let me actually start off by asking you this.
You know, this announcement that was made by Russia that
it is mulling on changing its nuclear doctrine in the
middle of this war.
What do you think is actually happening here?
Why has Moscow now announced that it wants to change
its nuclear doctrine at a time when it is fighting
against Ukraine?
I think it is part of a very consistent pattern
that we have seen from Moscow for the last two
years and more.
When there is possibility of additional military assistance going to
Ukraine, Russia always issues these sorts of threats to remind
Western countries that additional assistance to Ukraine could raise the
possibility of nuclear war and to deter actions of that
sort.
So this is one more in a long series of
these kinds of threats that we have seen coming out
from now within the United States of America.
There's been a lot of back and forth about the
kind of weapons that the United States now needs to
send to Ukraine.
And one of the weapons that has been talked about
a lot are these JASM ballistic missiles, which have a
much longer range than the missile that means applied to
Ukraine so far.
Do you think this is somehow in is, is going
to alter the Ukrainian war theatre?
Because the deeper Ukraine decides to strike into Russia, the
more ferocious would be the Russian response.
The the missiles would be useful for striking particular military
targets, command centers, logistics hubs, things like that.
They are not war winning weapons by themselves in military
terms, but what they would do is demonstrate for Russians
that Ukraine has the capability to bring the war to
Russia, that Ukraine is still fighting back, and that the
war is a reality for everyday Russia hundreds of miles
from the Ukraine border.
So the the effect would be more 1 of morale
than of the military.
Absolutely indeed.
Mr.
Rao, thank you very much indeed Sir, for joining us
and getting us that perspective here in Vion.
You're very well.
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