Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergei Ryabkov stated that the risk nuclear conflict is at its highest level in decades, warning that Moscow is in “de facto” open conflict with Washington For war in Ukraine.

He added that there could be no talk of secret or open talks with Washington to restore the nuclear arms reduction treaty. New beginningfrom which Russia left in February.

Speaking at an event called “A world without START: what will happen nextRyabkov said it was “out of the question” for Russia to reinstate the treaty at the moment, criticizing what he called Washington’s “hostile course” towards Moscow.

“I would not like to enter into a discussion about whether the probability of a nuclear conflict is high today, but it is higher than anything we have had in recent decades, let’s put it this way,” he said. news agency Interfax.

Ryabkov said that Russia is striving to keep the peacesafe and freefrom the threat of nuclear war, but added later that this could not continue as usual, given that Moscow was now “de facto in open conflict with the United States.”

Reuters