Russian official: NATO should not threaten Russia

“If NATO provokes Russia or attacks Russia, I do not know what will happen because we are a nuclear power,” Dmitry Polyansky, Russia’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, told IRNA on Thursday.

“I do not think this is right, but threatening Russia and interfering in its affairs is not the right thing to do, so when dealing with a nuclear power, you have to take all the possible consequences of your behavior,” he told Sky News. Calculate.

According to IRNA, a Kremlin spokesman said on Wednesday that Russia would only use nuclear weapons if their existence was threatened.

“We have a concept of internal security and it is public, you can read all the reasons for using nuclear weapons,” Dmitry Peskov told CNN.

The Kremlin spokesman added: “So if there is an existential threat to our country, it can be [زرادخانه هسته ای] Used according to our concept.

Peskov’s remarks came amid Western concerns that the conflict between Ukraine and Russia could turn into a nuclear war. The concern arose when Russian President Vladimir Putin last month ordered that nuclear forces be put on full alert.

Earlier, the Pentagon said in a new assessment to Congress that Putin might threaten the West with nuclear weapons if Ukraine continued to resist and Russia’s conventional military might diminished.

The war in Ukraine has now entered its 28th day and so far 25 countries have sent various military weapons to Kiev. The Russians insist they have no intention of occupying Ukraine.

Criticizing the West’s indifference to Moscow’s security concerns, Russian President Putin announced on Monday (February 21st) that his country had recognized the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics and signed cooperation and friendship agreements with their leaders at the Kremlin.

In a speech on Russian national television on the morning of Thursday, February 24, the Russian president announced military action in Donbas and called on Ukrainian forces to lay down their weapons and go home.

As the war in Ukraine continues, global reactions to the event continue, and diplomatic pressure and international threats and sanctions against Russia are increasing.