{"id":2806,"date":"2026-08-29T13:29:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T13:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/?p=2806"},"modified":"2026-08-29T13:29:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T13:29:02","slug":"vladimir-putins-own-officials-worried-russian-leader-could-be-about-to-use-nuclear-weapons-on-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/2026\/08\/29\/vladimir-putins-own-officials-worried-russian-leader-could-be-about-to-use-nuclear-weapons-on-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Vladimir Putin&#8217;s own officials worried Russian leader could be about to use nuclear weapons on Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kremlin insiders have voiced fears that Vladimir Putin is prepared to detonate a tactical nuclear weapon after growing increasingly frustrated with a lack of progress in Ukraine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/ukraine-russia-cia-director-nuclear-37598273&amp;text=Vladimir%20Putin%27s%20own%20officials%20worried%20Russian%20leader%20could%20be%20about%20to%20use%20nuclear%20weapons%20on%20Ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">A nuclear strike is said to be among the options being considered within the Kremlin &#8211; while sabotage attacks on key infrastructure across Europe and armed provocations inside Poland also feature in the top-level plans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Article continues below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">138524935307<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37598693.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/2_Russian-President-Putin-Visits-Siberia.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Vladimir Putin\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vladimir Putin&#8217;s own officials are reportedly concerned over his nuclear plans(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>READ MORE:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/politics\/russia-ukraine-andy-burnham-cia-37594536\">Andy Burnham gives defiant Ukraine warning after CIA chief makes secret Russia trip<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>READ MORE:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/sudan-ambassador-says-uk-must-37598013\">Sudan ambassador says UK must rein in UAE to end war after 150,000 dead<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putin, said to be listening more to &#8216;hawkish&#8217; figures in his inner circle, is now convinced that the only outcome worse than continuing the costly war would be losing it, according to Bloomberg. Several people close to the Kremlin told the outlet that Russia is weighing up its options when it comes to intensifying the war efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under Joe Biden&#8217;s presidency, the US warned Russia that there would be a huge US and Western response if he were to use nuclear weapons.&nbsp;But it is not known how Trump would respond given his relationship with the Russian despot. Fiona Hill, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who served as a national security advisor to three presidents, including Trump during his first term, told Bloomberg that Putin is testing how far he can go before people give into him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kremlin insiders have voiced fears that Vladimir Putin is prepared to detonate a tactical nuclear weapon after growing increasingly frustrated with a lack of progress in Ukraine Article continues below 138524935307 Vladimir Putin&#8217;s own officials are reportedly concerned over his&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","wpcat-1-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2807,"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806\/revisions\/2807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}