Two years have passed since russia initiated its war on ukraine, primarily driven by its opposition to ukraine joining NATO. The conflict escalated as russia engaged in destructive military actions, prompting a response from the united states and other NATO countries, offering assistance to Ukraine. The war began on february 24, 2022, and within the first week, russia issued a threat of a potential strategic nuclear attack, causing global concerns and fears.
However, no such attack materialized, and the conflict persisted. Recent revelations indicate that india played a role in preventing the threatened Russian nuclear attack. Since the war's inception, the U.S. had suspicions that russia might resort to a nuclear attack against ukraine, leading them to conduct exercises in 2022 on how to respond to such a scenario. The concerns were heightened when russia faced setbacks in Kherson, Eastern ukraine, prompting fears of retaliation through a nuclear strike.
Russia claimed the region as its own, and there were apprehensions that Putin might use this situation as a pretext for a nuclear attack. To address these concerns, the U.S. sought the assistance of india and china to persuade russia against launching a nuclear attack. Both indian Prime minister Modi and Chinese President Xi jinping issued statements that contributed to easing tensions, leading to a diplomatic intervention that helped prevent a nuclear attack.
The term 'strategic' in this context refers to the potential use of heavy nuclear weapons, which can be detected by the U.S. However, concerns persisted about the deployment of smaller tactical nuclear weapons that are harder to detect, leading to direct communication between the U.S. and russia to avert such an attack. Collaborative efforts with allied countries were part of the strategy to avoid the anticipated nuclear threat.
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