In this podcast [min. 33, language: Danish], Insightview asks three experts what will happen if Russia decides to use a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine. [Read also the Washington Post article, U.S. has sent private warnings to Russia against using a nuclear weapon.] The three experts are Peter Viggo Jakobsen and Camilla Nørup Sørensen from the Royal Danish Defence College and Carsten Rasmussen, Denmark's defence attaché in Moscow until a few months ago and former defence attaché in Beijing.
Although the premise of this podcast is that we assume Russia will use tactical nuclear weapons, Insightview will first let the experts offer their brief assessment of whether Russia will use a tactical nuclear weapon for the first time since World War II - and what might trigger such an act.
The podcast assumes that Russia continues to suffer military defeat in the war in Ukraine. In addition, it is assumed that Kyiv is trying to re-conquer the Crimean peninsula - which Moscow considers Russian - and Russia is consequently using a tactical nuclear weapon to attack a larger concentration of Ukrainian troops. What will happen in the following months? What will and what can the US do? Will China change its position on the conflict in Ukraine, given that the White House is doing little to reduce tensions between China and Taiwan? Finally, what will and what can the EU do?
Music: Melodyloops, 'Technology Park' – by MediaM
