Go to the media bankThe building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia in Moscow. Archival photoUN, Oct 18Russia has not threatened and is not threatening Kyiv with nuclear weapons, Konstantin Vorontsov, deputy head of the Russian delegation at a meeting of the UN General Assembly First Committee, said. NPT as a state that does not possess nuclear weapons. According to the memorandum, Russia reaffirmed its commitment to Ukraine not to use nuclear weapons or threaten to use them against non-nuclear states. This obligation is invariably fulfilled in full,» Vorontsov said.
The West has ceased to be afraid of a nuclear apocalypse»Russia did not threaten and does not threaten Ukraine with nuclear weapons,» he added. Kyiv's statements about the possibility of revising the nuclear-free status of Ukraine, which would mean an attempt to acquire nuclear weapons to the detriment of the NPT regime. «In view of recent statements Kyiv’s statements about the need for preventive nuclear strikes by NATO countries against Russia, this is doubly unacceptable and categorically unacceptable,” he stressed. use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine
