Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu says there are “fewer and fewer steps” to the use of nuclear weapons, Russian Interfax reports.
President Vladimir Putin also warns Britain against providing additional weapons to Ukraine.
If that happens, Russia will respond, he says.
The president and defense minister spoke after Vladimir Putin sat in a meeting with China’s leader Xi Jinping.
Among other things, Putin spoke about Britain sending tanks and additional ammunition to Ukraine. According to Russian Interfax, among what is sent are also grenades with depleted uranium.
– But I want to emphasize that if all this happens, then Russia will be forced to react accordingly. I mean that the collective West has already started using weapons with a nuclear component, Vladimir Putin said, according to the state news agency.
“There aren’t that many steps”
Putin is said to have been informed of the new delivery during his meeting with Xi Jinping.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was also informed. When he was then asked whether the delivery meant that the world had come one step closer to nuclear conflict, he replied:
– Here we can only say one thing: There are not that many steps. A step has been passed. There are fewer and fewer of them, he said, according to Interfax.
He also said that it is “necessary to think carefully about each subsequent step”.
www.expressen.se/nyheter/rysslands-varnar-farre–steg-till-karnvapen/
The Secretary General of NATO says that China must not supply weapons to Russia because it will prolong the conflict in Ukraine.
And they can Ukraine? Funny, isn't it? pic.twitter.com/nDZQTTGtmc
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h/t Limpan