Russia is preparing nuclear blackmail - Head of intelligence

This was announced by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Kyrylo Budanov in an interview with Ukrinform.

"We have information about the development of two options. Which one they choose, depends solely on them. The first is a large-scale burning of radioactive forests, a radioactive cloud will immediately rise and go in the direction the wind blows. The second is the use of artillery on nuclear storage. The result will be the same. Both in the first and the second case, the Russian leadership aims to accuse Ukraine, and precisely its "Nazi", "neo-Nazi" formations, which do not actually exist here", Budanov said.

He noted that Russia had already shelled blocks of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, and also launched a missile attack on the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, on whose territory an experimental nuclear reactor is located.

“This is all about deterrence. Now the Russian leadership understands that their plans for an early campaign have failed, and they are moving on to nuclear blackmail", Budanov said.

The head of the Central Intelligence Agency emphasized that in any case, no matter what scenario the Russian leadership is inclined to, it will be nuclear terrorism, ecocide, and an environmental catastrophe that will affect both Europe and Russia. And Belarus and Ukraine will suffer the most.