Chechen leader Kadyrov: Russia should use low-yield nuclear weapon after new defeat in Ukraine
Chechen leader, Kadyrov
RamzanKadyrov, head ofRussia's region of Chechnya, said on Saturday that Moscowshouldconsider using alow-yieldnuclearweaponin Ukraine after a major new defeat on the battlefield.
AsRussiaconfirmed the loss of its stronghold of Lyman in eastern Ukraine,Kadyrovslammed top commanders for their failings and wrote on Telegram: "In my personal opinion, more drastic measuresshouldbe taken, right up to the declaration of martial law in the border areas and theuseoflow-yieldnuclearweapons".
He was speaking a day after President Vladimir Putin proclaimed the annexation of four Ukrainian regions - including Donetsk, where Lyman is located - and placed them underRussia'snuclearumbrella, saying Moscow would defend the lands it had seized "with all our strength and all our means".
Russiahas the world's largest atomic arsenal, includinglow-yieldtacticalnuclearweapons that are designed to be deployed against opposing armies.
Other top Putin allies, including former president Dmitry Medvedev, have suggested thatRussiamay need to resort tonuclearweapons, butKadyrov's call was the most urgent and explicit.
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The influential ruler of the Caucasus region of Chechnya has been a vocal champion of the war in Ukraine, with Chechen forces forming part of the vanguard of theRussian army there.Kadyrovis widely believed to be personally close to Putin, who appointed him to govern restive Chechnya in 2007.
In his message,Kadyrovdescribed Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, commander of theRussian forces fighting at Lyman, as a "mediocrity", and suggested that heshouldbe demoted to private and stripped of his medals.
"Due to a lack of elementary military logistics, today we have abandoned several settlements and a large piece of territory," he said.
Kadyrovsaid that two weeks before he had raised the possibility of a defeat at Lyman with Valery Gerasimov, chief ofRussia's general staff, but that Gerasimov had dismissed the idea.
Russia's Defence Ministry on Saturday announced a withdrawal from Lyman, a major stronghold and logistical hub forRussian forces in Ukraine's Donetsk region saying that a Ukrainian advance had threatened its units with encirclement.
It was the latest in a series of battlefield humiliations forRussia, after its forces were routed from Kharkiv region by a lightning Ukrainian counteroffensive last month.
AfterRussia's defeat in Kharkiv,Kadyrovsaid he would be "forced to go to the country's leadership to explain to them the situation on the ground" unless urgent changes were made in the conduct of the war.
Putin said last week he was not bluffing when he said he was prepared to defendRussia's "territorial integrity" with all available means. Washingtonsaysit would respond decisively to anyuseofnuclearweapons and has spelled out to Moscow the "catastrophic consequences" it would face.
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