Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov said that Moscow does not threaten anyone nuclear weapon and that open confrontation with United States as well as NATO it’s not in her best interest RussiaThis was reported by Russian state news agencies.

“We are not threatening anyone with nuclear weapons. The criteria for its application are described in Russia’s military doctrine,” he said.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday morning that it was “not bluffing” when it said it would use nuclear weapons if Russia’s territorial integrity was threatened.

Russian officials, including Mr. Dmitry Medvedevstated that after the accession to Russia of the regions of Ukraine completely or partially occupied by Russia, where “referendums” are being held today, any attack on them by Ukrainian forces will be considered an attack on Russia.

According to Russia’s nuclear doctrine, the use of nuclear weapons is permitted if Moscow feels it is in danger. “existential threat”. Medvedev said that Russia has the ability to use strategic nuclear weapons, that is, long-range nuclear weapons.

However, Sergei Ryabkov said that Moscow does not seek “open conflict” with the United States or NATO and does not want the situation to escalate further. “We hope that the Biden administration is also aware of the risk of an uncontrolled escalation of the conflict in Ukraine,” he said.

At the same time Mr. Russian Ambassador to the USA he said that, despite all the difficulties, he wants to believe that Moscow and Washington are not on the verge of “the abyss of nuclear war,” RIA Novosti reports.

From my side, Russian Security Council stated that he “hopes that Washington realizes the consequences of its provocative actions,” RIA reported.

A nuclear war must never break out, because there can be no winners in such a confrontation, the deputy secretary of the Russian Security Council said today. Alexander Benediktov at a conference dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

It is noted that, announcing the first mobilization in Russia since the Second World War, Putin said that Russia is fighting not only against Ukraine, but also against the military means of Western countries that support Kyiv.