Putin Sets Russia's Nuclear Forces To High Alert

In a show of how determined he is to continue his assault on Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has put the Russian nuclear forces on high alert, claiming that their "deterrent" efforts are ready to go. This could be an attempt to blow smoke and prove that he's tough, or it could be a sign that Russia is prepared for mutually-assured destruction in their efforts to seize parts of Ukraine. The world is watching, and no one really knows what is going to happen next. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this.

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On Sunday morning, reports came out that Vladimir Putin had set his nuclear deterrent forces in Russia on high alert. Now this morning it was reported, reported from some folks on Twitter, I have not been able to find articles yet to back this up, but that Russia says, no, we did not mean to do this. This was based on comments made by, I think it was Liz Truss over in the UK and, you know, she said some things, so then we did this, but yeah, totally her fault. We're not ready with nuclear deterrents. Except again, we have to look at everything with a skeptical eye. And we do know that Russia made this announcement yesterday. So until we see firm reports with Vladimir Putin on TV, you know, verifying that it is the day that it is right because a lot of the stuff that came out last week, people noticed you're wearing the exact same thing in your address on Thursday that you wore on Monday, this all seems a bit prerecorded.

So anyway, until they come out and say that no, our nuclear forces are not on high alert. We have to assume, unfortunately, that they are. So here's the breakdown of what could potentially be happening here. As I mentioned in a segment earlier, the entire world with the exception of China has basically turned against Russia right now. The rest of the planet is kind of United in thinking that what Russia is doing is absolutely abhorrent. So Russia could be doing this in just a show of force, right? They could be trying to let the rest of the world know, back off, our nuclear deterrents, which means nuclear weapons, are ready to go. So if any of you want to jump into this fight, it's going to be horrible for everyone involved because we've got this mutually assured destruction. We have no problem going down with the ship. Okay. We'll nuke the hell out of everybody just to prove a point. Now that could be one of the things they're saying, which is all smoke, no real fire. Or it could be that, yeah, yeah, we're ready. We're ready to strike. If the rest of the world gets involved.

If these other countries, if the EU starts moving in troops, if America starts moving in troops, we're gonna let this fly. We're gonna do this. We're not bluffing. We're ready. We've got our subs in the black sea that can launch 500 nuclear weapons and we're ready to go. Now again, we don't know which this is. We know Putin's a bit of a grandstander, right? Kinda like Donald Trump. Loves to talk a big game, loves to act like he's the biggest baddest toughest guy out there. But, you know, his forces are currently being repelled by average citizens hurling Molotov cocktails at them. So he's not looking too strong right now. Thank goodness. So maybe this was his show of strength. Maybe this was, you know, kind of the warning. Either way, any nuclear weapon fired no matter who fires it, is effectively the beginning of world war IIl, which would in fact, most likely be a nuclear war. Nobody wins in that situation. Nobody. Doesn't matter where these missiles hit. Doesn't matter where they go. Doesn't matter who fires them.

If one gets let off the chain, it's the beginning of the end. So we have to play this carefully. We have to play this cool. It's best to not poke the bear. We have to find ways to force Russia out of Ukraine with of course, without them off to fire off a nuclear weapon. I don't know how you do that.