View of the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. File photoUN, 3 Aug. None of the scenarios for the use of nuclear weapons by Russia is applicable to the situation in Ukraine, said Alexander Trofimov, a representative of the Russian delegation, speaking at the NPT Review Conference.
"Wanted to resolutely reject the completely groundless and unrealistic and unacceptable speculation that Russia allegedly threatens to use nuclear weapons, in particular in Ukraine. We do not rule out that this is being done on purpose — in order to whip up anti-Russian hysteria", he said.
The diplomat noted that the Russian doctrine on this issue is “well known and extremely clear”: Moscow allows the use of nuclear weapons only in response to aggression using weapons of mass destruction or in response to aggression using conventional weapons, when the very existence of the state is threatened. «None of these hypothetical scenarios are relevant to the situation in Ukraine,» he stressed.Ryabkov assessed the possibility of the West using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Trofimov also pointed out that Russia strictly fulfills its obligations under the Budapest Memorandum, including the non-use of nuclear weapons.
"It is being implemented in relation to Ukraine in full, including in recent months&# 34;, — he added
The diplomat called unscrupulous interpretation of the statements of the Russian leadership, according to which Moscow allegedly threatens to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Such statements, he noted, «do not stand up to criticism.» Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its task «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the president, the ultimate goal is to liberate the Donbass and create conditions that guarantee the security of Russia itself. NPT conference