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LTC Eugene Chu
..."FILIPSKI: How should we approach Putin's nuclear threats ?

LUZIN: There is a possibility that Russia will use nuclear weapons, and the probability of this is higher than it was in April or in August. Today, the probability is higher. But we shouldn't be afraid of this. Because if Russia will be successful in its nuclear blackmailing, tomorrow North Korea will blackmail Japan or South Korea, and the day after tomorrow Pakistan will blackmail someone with its nuclear weapon, and so on.

I hope that the West has a plan in case the Kremlin uses nuclear weapons, and the plan is punishment of Russia and the Kremlin, not in giving up. I hope that people will not be afraid, will not be scared, because our fears, they are paralyzing us. We shouldn't be scared. We shouldn't give up in the face of a bloody, crazy dictator. There is no other way. You cannot negotiate with terrorists. You cannot give a terrorist what he wants.

I think that we all should study history. And we all should have our morality and moral conditions in a good order. We shouldn't be afraid because Putin is not the first crazy dictator in this world, and I'm afraid he's not the last. Yes, he has a nuclear weapon in his hands, but nevertheless, I believe that we will survive and we will learn from this, and we will be able to make this world better and safer place. I also believe that we Russians will be able to repair our faults, our crimes that we conducted against Ukraine and that we will be able to pay for this, and be able to be back into the international community as a trusted people. I hope for that."