An independent Polish military analyst has sounded the alarm after identifying a train that was believed to be moving through central Russia, filled with trucks, as belonging to the 12th Main Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces, which is responsible for the storage, transport, maintenance and production of nuclear weapons. , writes The Guardian.

The announcement came after Putin and his top officials made it clear that Russia would use all the forces at its disposal to defend annexed Ukrainian territories, which the Kremlin recognizes but almost no one else.

Analyst Konrad Muzyka wrote on Twitter that the movement of the train does not necessarily mean that they are preparing to use nuclear weapons.

He said it could be just an alarm, or it could be training or normal military maneuvers.

Music does not specify what exactly led him to determine that they were coming from Route 12, and has not yet answered questions about it.

Image analysts at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey examined the video, which Music redistributed as a source, and were unable to find any identifying details.

“Yes, the 12th Command has these trucks, but every other military branch has them,” said Jeffrey Lewis, a nuclear expert at the institute.

“I don’t see anything that would make me think that these trucks are from the 12th Directorate and not from something else,” he fumed.

British Ministry of Defense: “very unlikely” that Putin will use nuclear weapons in Ukraine

British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said that while Russian doctrine includes the use of nuclear weapons, it is “highly unlikely” that Putin would use them in a war with Ukraine, as it would be unacceptable to Moscow’s allies India and China. Standard October 3.

However, Putin’s actions so far have been “completely irrational,” Wallace added.