Nuclear explosionMOSCOW, 10 Feb. The current crisis between the West and Russia threatens with monstrous risks for the entire planet, so the parties need to change their approaches towards each other, writes the Nobel Peace Prize 1985, MD Ira Helfand in an article for The Nation. The author turned to the situation around Ukraine and suggested what the consequences might be if the current crisis around the republic still leads to a war between Moscow and Kiev. So, according to him, a conflict using conventional weapons threatens a humanitarian catastrophe with thousands of victims and millions of refugees. «However, if the conflict spreads beyond the borders of Ukraine, NATO will enter into hostilities, and a major war will flare up involving nuclear forces and a real danger of using nuclear weapons. weapons,” the scientist warned. Helfand drew attention to the fact that Russia has 3,500 nuclear weapons, the United States has 1,750 warheads ready for use, and Washington’s NATO allies France and Great Britain have 400 more. According to the scientist, an explosion of a 100 kiloton nuclear bomb over Moscow will lead to 250,000 victims, a similar strike on Washington will cause the death of 170,000 people. However, the conflict will not be limited to single events, and more powerful warheads will be used.Serbia announced the collapse of the West into two camps because of Russia «Russian SS-18 M6 missiles with 460 thermonuclear charges have a yield of 500 to 800 kilotons, and the W88 warhead installed on American Trident submarines is 455 kilotons,» the author specified. Citing a 2002 report, he claimed 78 million US casualties in the first half hour if Russia uses even 300 warheads. Almost the entire infrastructure of the country will also be destroyed: transport, medical, food facilities. «Within a few months after the attack, the vast majority of the US population will die of starvation, radiation sickness and epidemic diseases,» Helpand warned. A similar strike on Russia threatens with the same consequences . If other NATO countries are involved in the war, then there will be destruction in Canada and European countries. «Global climate change will be even more catastrophic,» the scientist continued. .jpg» />Poland has named the true goal of the US missile defense system in Eastern EuropeNuclear war will release 150 million metric tons of soot into the upper atmosphere, causing the world average temperature to reach minus eight degrees. In the interior of North America and Eurasia, 50-degree frosts should be expected — a level not seen since the ice age. As a result, most of humanity will starve to death as food production is drastically reduced. «Even a more limited military conflict involving just 250 warheads with a 100 kiloton yield could drop the average global temperature by 10 degrees, and this would be enough to provoke an unprecedented famine» , — Helfand said. This will lead to the end of modern civilization, the Nobel laureate emphasized. 
Russia arranged a tactical puzzle for NATO, writes 19FortyfiveHe called nuclear weapons a threat to the survival of mankind and called for an end to the «elimination game». Helfand pointed to the need to resolve the current crisis through diplomacy rather than relying on luck. In recent months, Western media have increasingly reported that Moscow is preparing an «invasion» of Ukraine. In Russia, such allegations have been refuted more than once. As Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov pointed out, the armed forces are moving within the territory of the state — this does not threaten anyone and should not worry anyone. Moscow stressed that statements about «Russian aggression» are being used as a pretext for building up NATO contingents in the border regions. Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin called the stuff about the «invasion» malicious propaganda of the US State Department. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in turn, stressed that Russia has never threatened the Ukrainian people. /02/0276dd08894aa72906cd71e967305702.jpg» />Poland announced the victory of Russia and China over Europe
