War in Ukraine – Kremlin: We are not thinking of using nuclear weapons

In the assurance that Russia is not considering the possibility of using nuclear weapons in the war with Ukraine took place on Thursday (17/11) the Kremlin while ruling out the possibility of public negotiations with Zelensky’s country.

The president Vladimir Putin has said that Russia will defend its territory with all available means, including its nuclear weapons, if attacked. Russian officials say the West has misinterpreted the Kremlin’s statements.

Answering a question whether it is possible that Russia to use a nuclear weapon and whether or not the issue has been discussed, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said even framing such questions is unacceptable.

“If you have noticed, no one from the Russian side is discussing this issue and has not discussed itPeskov said, as reported by the Athens News Agency.

Fire against Europe from Putin’s representative

Putin’s spokesman accused European capitals of discussing the nuclear issue and “thus escalating tensions into a completely unacceptable, impermissible and possibly dangerous field.”

THE war in Ukraine it has sparked the biggest confrontation between Moscow and the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when the two Cold War superpowers came close to nuclear war.

Russia and the United States are by far the largest nuclear powers, as they together possess about 90% of the world’s nuclear warheads — enough to destroy the planet many times over.

Putin warned the West on September 21 that he was not bluffing when he said he would be prepared to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia. On September 30, he said the United States had set a “precedent” by dropping two atomic bombs on Japan in 1945.

The Kremlin also accused Kyiv of moving the door on potential peace talks, saying it could not imagine committing to open negotiations with Ukraine.

“The US could encourage Kyiv to return to the negotiating table if they wanted to”

In a video conference with journalists, the representative of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov he said the United States was capable of taking Russia’s concerns into account and could encourage Kyiv to return to the negotiating table if it wanted to.

Peskov also said that Ukraine has changed its position on whether it even wants to negotiate with Moscow several times during the nine months of war and cannot be relied on.

“At first they negotiate, then they refuse to negotiate, then they pass a law prohibiting negotiations of any kind, then they say they want negotiations, but public ones,” Peskov told reporters.

“Hence, it is difficult to imagine public negotiations… One thing is certain: the Ukrainians do not want any negotiations,” he added.

Peskov said that in this context Moscow will continue what he calls a “special military operation” and that the missile strikes on targets in Ukraine are a consequence of Kiev’s unwillingness to meet with Moscow at the negotiating table.

The Kremlin spokesman also said that Moscow has received assurances from the United Nations to complete work on removing obstacles to the export of agricultural products and fertilizers from Russia.

In the video conference with journalists, Dmitry Peskov noted: “There is an assurance from the UN that the work will be completed to ensure the export of Russian food and fertilizers».

He said Russia had already seen progress toward sanctions relief, citing a joint announcement by the United States, Britain and the EU not to impose sanctions on Russian food and fertilizer, and said work was underway to “completely lift” the sanctions. remaining obstacles.