Russian Ambassador Denis Alipov explicitly linked the concept of an “existential threat” to the potential use of nuclear weapons, using it to dismiss “childish” European hopes for a Ukrainian victory.
“We have in our doctrine that if there is an existential threat to us, there is a possibility of its use,” Alipov stated, clarifying his country’s position.
This doctrine, he argued, is the reason Russia cannot be defeated or “taken over” in the nearly four-year-long war, despite billions in Western aid to Kyiv.
He was sharply critical of European nations, labeling their belief in a Russian defeat as “craziness” and “unprofessional.”
Conversely, he praised Donald Trump’s “understanding” of the situation, claiming the former US president knows the war “is lost by Ukraine and the West.”