A military convoy transporting nuclear warheads through Scotland was discovered on Saturday amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, according to reports.
Nuclear watchdog NukeWatch reported on Twitter that the military caravan was hauling up to six nuclear warheads and was traveling from Berkshire to the Royal Naval Armaments Depot Coulport in Argyll.
Reminder of the UK’s contribution to nuclear terror. Yesterday a warhead convoy travelled all the way from Berkshire to the bomb store at Coulport on Loch Long, pic.twitter.com/hTFgw9hIiO
— Nukewatch (@NukewatchUK) March 19, 2022
The group assured that the nukes won’t be used for war and were only being moved to keep them in good working condition.
“I don’t think this caravan is any more reason for alarm than the reality we are constantly, 24/7, prepared and ready to launch a nuclear attack,” said the source.
Ukrainian nuclear forces and Russia’s nuclear arsenal were both placed on high alert shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to invade Ukraine last month.
Officials from the U.S. are fearing that Putin might use nuclear threats because the fight isn’t going his way as Ukrainians are stopping Russian military from moving in on them.
Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who previously called Putin a “coldblooded but calculating killer,” said he has observed impulsive decisions in the Russian president lately.
“The one thing Vladimir Putin has always valued is emotional control, is the ability to never flash any emotion, and to watch a video of him the other night and those flashes of anger, that’s very uncharacteristic,” Rubio told reporters.
Since the invasion began, over 400 schools, 110 hospitals, and 1,000 residential blocks across Ukraine have been destroyed, according to Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov.
“We will win. It’s a question only of the price which the Ukrainian people will pay,” Reznikov said. “The Russians can be stopped, victory can be gained, but we need assistance.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently pleaded to President Joe Biden for additional aid from the West.
“You are the leader of the nation, of your great nation,” Zelenskyy said in a video address. “I wish you to be the leader of the world. Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.”
The Biden administration has already authorized the release of $350 million of military assistance to Ukraine last month and Congress recently reached a deal last week for another $13.6 billion in humanitarian and defense assistance.
