MOSCOW, Oct 30 Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss in the final days of her tenure as head of government, she carefully monitored weather forecasts and wind direction, fearing that if the Russian Federation used nuclear weapons, radiation could reach the shores of the kingdom, the Daily Mail newspaper reports, citing sources.
Elected on September 6 to the post of head Truss was prime minister just 44 days before announcing her resignation, after she faced criticism over a new plan to support the economy and fears that the government would increase the size of the national debt to implement it.
According to the publication, Truss became obsessed with the weather after intelligence told her that after the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge carried out by the Ukrainian special services, Russia may use tactical nuclear weapons over the Black Sea to demonstrate jeev readiness for a tough response.
«Liz was obsessed with the prevailing wind, followed the forecasts (weather) to see if she needed to launch a «protection and survival plan» (this is a civil defense information campaign , held from 1974 to 1980, during which the population was informed about how to protect themselves during a nuclear attack — ed.)», — Daily Mail quotes one of the sources.
Earlier, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Russia does not want to participate in the nuclear rhetoric that has been warmed up in the West in recent weeks. Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov said that Russia does not threaten anyone with the use of nuclear weapons, it is in Western capitals that they are introducing nuclear rhetoric into circulation, trying to present the matter as if Moscow is preparing to strike with weapons of mass destruction.
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