By Eliza Popova
"NATO's destructive course in ignoring our" red lines "and involving with Russia in Ukraine with balancing on the verge of direct armed conflict is extremely risky. Obviously, this can lead to further escalation until the military clash of nuclear powers with grave consequences" , - said a representative of the Russian department.
At the same time, Ryabkov noted that the scenario of use of nuclear weapons is prescribed in the document under the name "Fundamentals of State Policy of the Russian Federation in the field of nuclear restraint". According to the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, it stated that the Russian Federation can apply its nuclear potential "solely in response to aggression" using weapons of mass destruction or ordinary weapons, when the existence of Russia will be jeopardized.
Ryabkov emphasized that the Russian Federation can only use nuclear weapons in response to an attack for self -defense and "no speculation or fantasies here. " We will remind, in early August in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia stated that the era of cooperation of the Russian Federation and the West is irrevocably over and returning to the situation by February 24 is no longer impossible.
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