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Go to Media BankAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United States Anatoly Antonov. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 6 Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said he was unaware of the warning from US President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan to the Russian leadership and would have rejected such a tone if there had been one.Earlier adviser U.S. National Security President Jake Sullivan, in an interview with ABC television, said that the United States «directly in private» warned the Russian leadership about the «catastrophic» consequences for the Russian Federation of the use of nuclear weapons in the conflict in Ukraine and promised to «strongly» respond to such a step. «What regarding some kind of Jake Sullivan's warning to the Russian leadership, I don't know that, but I firmly believe that we would not justify our actions in Ukraine. this meeting, we rejected such a tone, such a tone of the American side regarding our actions,» the ambassador said on Channel One. He underlined pointed out that Moscow was ready to speak with Washington only on an equal footing, but at the same time added that if someone tries to destroy the foundations of the Russian Federation, retribution will be inevitable. » /> The State Duma accused the United States of trying to «save face» after Sullivan's statements