S8 Ep1125: Preview for Later Today: Bill Gertz evaluates the potential for Vladimir Putin to deploy tactical nuclear weapons. He cites escalating Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian infrastructure and the dire military situations that might trigger such a catastrophi
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🗓️ 13 July 2026
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| 0:00.0 | This is John Batchel, comment by Bill Goertz of the Washington Times about the report from perhaps 22, maybe 23, |
| 0:11.1 | that Vladimir Putin consulted China, India, and the United States and his military about using a tactical nuclear weapon against Ukraine |
| 0:20.6 | in what appeared to be a route of the Russian forces in Harrison Province |
| 0:26.4 | across the Danipa River. |
| 0:30.6 | The speculation is all we have at this moment, but Bill answers when would he use a nuke, |
| 0:35.6 | when would he not? |
| 0:37.3 | What is the likelihood of it? |
| 0:38.9 | This same scenario coming back? Here's a portion of Bill's answer. More of this tonight. |
| 0:45.5 | I think it would have to be a very dire situation where a large force would be threatened. |
| 0:53.5 | Yeah, the exchanges that we've seen over the last month or so |
| 0:57.2 | have clearly escalated the conflict, especially with long-range Ukrainian drones striking key |
| 1:05.2 | infrastructure like oil refineries. And there are already reports about gas lines and not enough gasoline in Russia. |
| 1:13.8 | I'm sure that's going to impact their military operations as well. I don't know if that would be the |
| 1:19.5 | trigger. You know, what they say about the Ukraine war, if you're not winning, you're losing. |
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