NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says that he does not believe that Russia will use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, but he takes this option “very seriously”, writes The Guardian.

He stated this in an interview with a Turkish TV channel, in which he called Russia’s behavior “irresponsible and reckless.”

“The risk of Russia using nuclear weapons in Ukraine is small, but the consequences will be colossal, so we take it very seriously. There are no winners in a nuclear war,” said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, reports the Meduza website, which is quoted by The Guardian.

NATO: If Russia uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine, it will have serious consequences

Recently, Jens Stoltenberg sharply warned Russia: if it uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine, the consequences will be serious.

“There will be serious consequences if Russia uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine, any nuclear weapon. I won’t go into the exact details of how we would respond, but a nuclear strike would fundamentally change the nature of the conflict. This means that a very important line has been crossed,” he said.

NATO’s secretary general also said the alliance would remain “very vigilant” in the coming weeks as Russia conducts nuclear drills.

Soltenberg made the remark as a NATO official said a Russian nuclear strike would “almost certainly” trigger a “physical response” from Ukraine’s allies and possibly NATO.

For his part, US President Joe Biden, who recently warned that the risk of “nuclear Armageddon” is at the highest level in the last 60 years, said in an interview with CNN that threats coming from Russia could lead to catastrophic “mistakes” . ” and “miscalculations,” though he declined to say exactly how the United States would respond if Putin deployed a tactical nuclear device on the battlefield in Ukraine.