Zelensky Wants NATO to Nuke Russia

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Zelensky Urges USA To Nuke Russia

Kremlin Spokesman: World Should Take Note of Zelensky’s Call for Preventive Nuclear Strike on Russia

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During an online conference at Australia’s Lowy Institute, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky called on NATO to carry out “preventive nuclear strikes” on Russia in order to “deter” Moscow from using nukes. The Russian side has repeatedly stressed that there can be no winner in a nuclear war, and it should never be unleashed.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has urged the entire world to take note of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s call for a preventive nuclear strike on Russia.

Peskov told Sputnik that Zelensky’s statements about “preventive nuclear strikes” against Russia cannot be ignored by the international community, since they are nothing short of a call to start a World War, which will entail catastrophic repercussions.

The Kremlin spokesman stressed that the United States and the UK, which “de facto run Kiev,” should bear responsibility for Zelensky’s statements.

“These are the countries [the US and the UK] that de facto direct [Kiev], manage [its] activities and talk about [their] intentions to defend [Ukraine] to the bitter end. Therefore, they are responsible and should be held accountable for this person’s actions and statements and this regime,” Peskov said.

Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, for her part, has warned that the West is fomenting a nuclear war, while an “unstable” Zelensky has turned into a “monster.”

“Every single person on this planet should realise that Zelensky, a puppet and an unstable character who has been pumped with weapons, has turned into a monster, who could be used to destroy the planet,” Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel.

Reacting to the Ukrainian president’s remarks, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called for a “preemptive craniotomy” on Zelensky:

“Zelensky announced the need for preventive nuclear strikes on Russia. Psychiatrists should perform a preemptive craniotomy on this idiot before he causes more trouble for his people and everyone else,” he wrote on Telegram.

Speaking at Australia’s Lowy Institute via video link, Zelensky urged NATO to launch “preemptive strikes” on Russia, instead of “waiting for Russia’s nuclear strikes.”

“What should NATO do? [It should] eliminate the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons. But what is important, I once again appeal to the international community, as it was before February 24: preemptive strikes [are important] so that they know what will happen to them if [nuclear weapons] are used. It should not be vice versa, as in to wait for Russia’s nuclear strikes,” Zelensky said.

US Sees No Indication of Russia’s Intent to Use Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine: Pentagon

Addressing the nation on September 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the West had crossed every line in its anti-Russian policy and resorted to nuclear blackmail against Moscow. He pointed out that it wasn’t just about the shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant encouraged by Western countries, but also about the statements of a number of representatives of the leading NATO nations about the possibility of using nuclear weapons against Russia.

“Some irresponsible politicians in the West talk about plans to organize the supply of long-range offensive weapons to Ukraine, systems that are capable of launching strikes against Crimea and other regions of Russia,” the Russian president said.

Putin then warned that if Russia’s territorial integrity is threatened, Moscow will use all means at its disposal, including nuclear weapons. “This is not a bluff,” the president stressed.

The Russian president has repeatedly said that there could be no winners in a nuclear war, and it should never be unleashed, noting that the Russian Federation consistently followed the letter and spirit of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

Scenarios under which Russia could theoretically use nuclear weapons are set out in the Russian military doctrine and in Principles of State Policy on Nuclear Deterrence. According to the documents, the use of nukes is possible in the event of aggression against Russia or its allies with the use of weapons of mass destruction, or aggression with the use of conventional weapons, when the existence of the state itself is threatened.

The escalation in Kiev’s rhetoric comes as Russia continues its special military operation in Ukraine that was launched on February 24 at the request of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. Between September 23 and 27, the Donbass republics and areas of Kherson and Zaporozhye regions liberated during the military operation held referendums on whether to join Russia. Overwhelming majorities of residents in each territory voted in favor of doing so.

Nuclear weapons in modern arsenals and their catastrophic effects

Today’s nuclear arsenals are much more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. Experts are concerned that a modern nuclear war will trigger the feared “nuclear winter”, which could kill 5 billion of the world’s population. Asia First’s Julie Yoo explores the powerful nuclear bombs of today, and atmospheric professor Owen Brian Toon explains the catastrophic effects a nuclear winter can bring.

Chemical giant BASF is under threat after Russians turn off the gas

Germany once relied on Russia for around half of its natural gas. But since the Kremlin began choking off supplies, the Germans have turned to other gas producers, built up their reserves and sharply reduced their use of this fuel. Confidence has been growing that Europe’s industrial powerhouse may get through the winter relatively unscathed by the loss of Russian energy.

But everything depends on the severity of the winter. There remains a lot at stake since the country’s all-important manufacturing industry would bear the brunt of any shortages, which are still a possibility.

“If this will be a really cold winter, we will have a substantial problem. Then there will not be enough natural gas,” said Ole Hvalbye, an energy analyst with the SEB bank in Oslo, Norway. “A really cold winter will be really difficult to deal with — no doubt about it.”

It would be really difficult for German manufacturers and especially for one company: The chemical giant BASF needs a continuous supply of vast quantities of natural gas, both as a source of energy and as a raw material.

Its main plant at Ludwigshafen, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, uses as much gas as the whole of Switzerland. But under German law, if the country has to ration its reserves, homes and hospitals will get priority.

“The government would have to shut down the supply to big industrial consumers, and definitely BASF will be one of those,” said professor Stefan Lechtenboehmer of the Wuppertal Institute. “If the shutdown was only a few days, it wouldn’t matter too much, but if they shut down for a month or even more, then they would really be in trouble.”

German gas regulator: slash gas use or risk winter crisis

BERLIN, Oct 6 (Reuters) – German households and small businesses last week used nearly 10% more gas than the four year average for that week, Germany’s network regulator said on Thursday, warning Germany risked a winter crisis unless significant cuts were made.

Usage was at 618 gigawatt hours per day (GWh/day) compared with the average for the same week over the years 2018 through 2021 of 564 GWh/day.

The head of Germany’s Federal Network Agency, which would be in charge of gas rationing in the event of a supply emergency, repeated his warning a week ago that consumption was too high.

“We will struggle to avoid a gas emergency this winter without at least 20% savings in private households, businesses and industry,” Klaus Mueller of the Bundesnetzagentur told Reuters.

“The situation may become very serious if we do not significantly reduce our gas consumption,” he added.

Germany is at phase two of a three-stage emergency plan in the wake of lower gas flows from Russia, the main gas supplier for Europe’s biggest economy.

Households and small businesses account for 40% of consumption while big manufacturing industries require 60% of the country’s gas.

In contrast to households, big industry made slight savings last week, consuming 1,370 GWh/day, versus a 1,402 GWh/day average over the past four years, the agency said.

Germany could go from an ‘industrial country to an industrial museum’ due to worsening energy crisis

Germany is at risk of going from an industrial country to an “industrial museum” due to the federal government’s energy policy, warned the president of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI), Markus Steilemann. According to him, Germany is at risk of frequent power shortages because renewable energy is insufficient to meet the country’s energy needs.

Pointing to wind power, he said that Germany would need to build 10 wind turbines daily to implement the energy transition.

“One of them needs 4,000 tons of steel. That is half an Eiffel Tower. That means five Eiffel Towers every day. And that for the next eight years,” Steilemann said.

Steilemann questioned this effort by saying, “I’d like to see how we can get that going.”

To underline the problem, Germany’s steel industry is already under severe threat, with plants shutting down across the country due to soaring energy costs. The question then becomes whether Germany can even secure enough affordable steel to build the necessary number of wind power turbines. Even if Germany could manage over the next eight years, it does not solve the energy crisis the country is confronting both now and over the coming years.

Germany: An unexpectedly large protest against government energy policy could foreshadow growing discontent this winter

The protest against German energy policy was only supposed to involve 400 citizens, but that number ballooned to 4,000 out of a city of only 59,000

Automakers Are Struggling To Secure Steel Supply

The MetalMiner Automotive MMI dropped substantially in October, dipping by 9.08%. Manufacturing limitations due to energy shortages and smelter shutdowns remain the ongoing trend in car manufacturing. However, consumer demand for cars, especially in the US, still holds firm. This leaves many in the automotive industry trying to find a balance between available supplies and consumer demand.

Car Manufacturing Fighting the Odds

Smelter shutdowns in China and Europe are impacting the production of the steel used to fashion cars. However, the demand to purchase vehicles remains strong. To satisfy this, sufficient steel supply must begin circulating globally before more vehicle manufacturing can occur.

Steel isn’t the only car material currently struggling. The automotive industry is plagued by the lack of parts and pieces for vehicle microchips. Fortunately, some microchips are starting to make a comeback. Still, chip production is a slow process, as the tiny devices contain many complex components.They also require numerous materials like tin, silicon, etc. Acquiring these different metals in the proper forms and grades could become challenging in potentially-recessionary conditions, especially when supply is already tight.