Fearing Use Of Nukes In Ukraine, US Had India, China Warn Putin

India-West News Desk

WASHINGTON, DC – As the Russia-Ukraine war, which broke out in 2022, intensified, CNN said in an exclusive report, citing senior officials, the US started “preparing rigorously” for a potential nuclear strike by Moscow against Kiev.

The Joe Biden administration was “specifically concerned” that Russia might use a tactical or battlefield nuclear weapon, officials said. It was then that the US sought to enlist the help of India and China to discourage Russia from such an attack.

“US officials say that outreach and public statements from Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi helped avert a crisis,” the CNN report stated.

“One of the things we did was not only message them directly but strongly urge, press, encourage other countries, to whom they might be more attentive, to do the same thing,” a senior administration official said.

“I think we believe showing the international community concern about this, particularly the concern from key countries for Russia and the Global South, was also a helpful, persuasive factor and showed them what the cost of all this could be,” the report said, quoting the official.