What David Patreus said about Russia using nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

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46. Newsweek cites military sources on possible "decapitation strike" on Kremlin

Excerpt from Sept. 29 Newsweek article by By William M. Arkin

Biden Thinks Non-Nuclear Threats Will Stop Putin. His Military Doesn't

"Details about what "decisively" means have not been publicly revealed. The military sources tell Newsweek that there are subtle moves being made with regard to nuclear threats, including moving submarines and aircraft and drilling B-52 bombers. But they stress that non-nuclear military options—the use of conventional weapons and special operations, as well as cyber and space attack—are front and center, to include a decapitation strike to kill Putin in the heart of the Kremlin."

https://www.newsweek.com/2022/10/14/biden-thinks-non-nuclear-threats-will-stop-putin-his-military-doesnt-1747343.html

(my italics)

The following day, Newsweek published this:

Russia Says U.S. Plans for Decapitation Strike Against Putin Are 'Delusional'
By Giulia Carbonaro On 9/30/22 at 4:05 AM EDT

A decapitation strike to kill President Vladimir Putin in the heart of the Kremlin—suggested by a Pentagon officer to Newsweek as one of the non-nuclear military options considered by the U.S. Department of Defense to respond to the Russian leader's nuclear threats—is a "delusional" argument escalating a "reckless rhetoric," according to Russia's embassy in Washington, D.C.

The embassy directly addressed Newsweek's article quoting the anonymous Pentagon officer's statement, saying that the possible U.S. reactions to a Russian nuclear strike listed in the piece were "crazy options."

"I would like to believe that such delusional arguments do not reflect the official position of the U.S. military department," the Russian embassy in Washington, D.C. said. "We proceed from the fact that Washington is well aware of the escalating nature of such reckless rhetoric."

On Thursday, Newsweek published an article detailing the measures the U.S. military is considering in response to a potential nuclear strike by Russia, a prospect made more real by Putin's comment last week that recent threats of using nuclear weapons are "not a bluff."

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-us-plans-decapitation-strike-putin-delusional-1747753