MOSCOW, 23 March 2022, (TON): Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said “Russia would only use nuclear weapons if its very existence were threatened.”
Peskov’s comment came as CNN interviewer Christiane Amanpour pushed him on whether he was convinced or confident that President Vladimir Putin would not use the nuclear option in the Ukrainian context.
Peskov said “we have a concept of domestic security, and it’s public. You can read all the reasons for nuclear arms to be used.”
“So if it is an existential threat for our country, then it can be used in accordance with our concept.”
Putin last month ordered Russia’s nuclear forces to be put on high alert.
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