Russia can only use nuclear weapons if Beijing allows the Kremlin to do so, Ukraine’s national security adviser Oleksiy Danilov said in an interview with The Times, Report informs.
“If the Chinese let Russia use nuclear weapons, they will use them,” Danilov said. “If not, they won’t. So you have to ask China that.”
Danilov also noted that the West must prepare for the collapse and break-up of Russia.
“The West doesn’t know Russia and the West is afraid of fragmentation in Russia,” Danilov said. “But this process is already under way.”
He said the collapse would be “spectacular” and would happen within three, five or seven years. “It is a historic process and you can’t stop history,” Danilov added.