European Union flags outside the EU headquarters in Brussels. File photo LONDON, May 13. Russia hopes that NATO will not deploy nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Russian Permanent Representative to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said on Sky News. «Will NATO deploy nuclear weapons in Ukraine? I hope not,» he said. At the same time, Chizhov stressed that, unlike the United States, Russia does not deploy nuclear installations anywhere other than its own territory. Earlier, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that pumping Ukraine with weapons, preparing troops for use Western technology, the dispatch of mercenaries and the conduct of exercises of the Allied countries near the Russian borders increase the likelihood of a direct and open conflict between NATO and Russia, and such a conflict has the risk of turning into a full-fledged nuclear war.
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