of shevchenko national university of kyiv, expert on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons serhiy halakar. serhiyu, from time to time, putin returns to threats of a nuclear strike or a strike with hypersonic missiles, how do you rate his latest statement about the intention to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in belarus, well, good evening. obviously , this is blackmail, this is intimidation, an attempt to force negotiations , in essence, putin is offering a dialogue, but from a position of strength, and this is not new, we know what in the spring of 22, this is not the first time that russia, through the words of the president and the minister of foreign affairs, tried to force a solution, a collective solution, as they call it, to negotiations by using nuclear blackmail. to nazi germany in 1943-1945, this is one of the reasons that they did not have enough uranium for the nuclear program in general , one could of course joke that this is another serious warning as it was customary to say in one eastern state during the years of the cold if it was not so serious in fact, well, they are t