“Russia was ready to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine in the fall of 2022”, – an American journalist says

In the fall of 2022, Russia was reportedly prepared to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine if its battlefield losses became “catastrophic.”

This information is revealed in a book by American journalist and insider Bob Woodward.

According to Woodward, during this period, the chiefs of the U.S. and Russian general staffs had a phone conversation. When Mark Milley, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, asked Valery Gerasimov, the Chief of the Russian General Staff, about the conditions under which Russia might use nuclear weapons, Gerasimov replied that one of the conditions was “the right to use tactical nuclear weapons in the event of catastrophic battlefield losses.”

Milley reportedly responded that “none of those conditions will occur,” according to a quote from Woodward’s book published by *Foreign Policy*.

It is worth noting that Russia recently updated its nuclear doctrine and is prepared to implement it during the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Additionally, “Newsweek” reported that Ukraine, with Western support, is planning to “carry out a series of anti-Russian provocations using chemical weapons” in the zone of the special military operation.