Ukraine has delivered a spectacular “Spiderweb” drone attack on Russia targeting four airbases obliterating $7 billion of war planes including the strategic nuclear capable bombers in an operation that “will undoubtedly be in the history books.”
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed late on Sunday evening writing on social media, the operation was dubbed as “Spiderweb” which gave an “absolutely brilliant result.”
But a former British army commander Colonel Richard Kemp has warned that Vladimir Putin could end up using tactical nuclear weapons in response.
Kemp wrote in the Daily Mail Russia has suffered “far more badly than the Kremlin ever believed possible.”
Colonel Kemp believes that a retaliatory tactical nuclear strike is may now be on the table as Putin is more afraid of “appearing weak.”
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Kemp wrote, “There will be retaliation. The Russian president, afraid more than anything of appearing weak, cannot be seen to let such a devastating attack go unanswered.”
By using tactical nuclear weapons in response to the “Spiderweb” attacks this could force Kyiv to surrender, Kemp added, “the appalling reality is that such a calculation might be right.”
He gave four possible scenarios Putin could use, there could be a nuclear attack near to the front lines, a strike on an Ukrainian airfield which would kill NATO allies who are operating covertly.
Thirdly there could be a direct attack on a major city such as Odesa or even the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv or lastly an attack on a nuclear power station which would be far worse than Chernobyl.
Colonel Kemp wrote, “The death toll would reach hundreds of thousands.
“And even then, Putin might believe that NATO would not respond in kind. He could be insane enough to think that this would win the war for him at a stroke.”
He added, “Europe does not have an effective nuclear deterrent.
“Our only nuclear option now is the Doomsday weapon… and Putin knows we will never provoke that.
“America has repeatedly warned that it will not tolerate the use of tactical nukes by Russia… but Putin could well decide it’s a risk worth taking.”
Keith Kellogg, the US President’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia warned that following Ukraine’s successful attack on parts of Moscow’s nuclear warplanes could now escalate the war.
Kellogg told Fox News, “I’m telling you the risk levels are going way up.
“When you attack an opponent’s part of their national survival system, which is their triad, the nuclear triad, that means your risk level goes up.
“You’re not sure what the other side’s going to do.”
He then warned, “The one that really concerned me was the fact that there have been reports that they attacked the naval, the Northern Fleet headquarters in Severomorsk.
“And if that’s the case, when you attack two legs of a triad, it’s very clear the risk levels will go up.”
Kellogg said Kyiv’s attacks on Russia demonstrates the Ukraine is “not lying down on that.”
He added, “Ukraine is basically, ‘We can play this game, too.’ And they can raise the risk level to levels that are basically, to me, they’ve got to be unacceptable.”
