Russia: No nuclear aim for Ukraine
May 07 2022 08:58 am /IST posted BY : Newsflixall
Russia has no intention of de ploying tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday, a day after Moscow's top diplomat in the US chided Western officials for targeting it with "baseless" accusations.
"Russia firmly abides by the principle that there can be no victors in a nuclear war and it must not be unleashed," Alexey Zaitsev said. He added that Russian nuclear doctrine does not envisage any scenarios for potential strikes which would apply to Moscow's military goals in Ukraine."
Zaitsev added that "any provocations whatsoever can be expected" from Ukraine and the West, and that Russia has to "be ready for any development in the media space and directly on the ground." His statement echoed remarks made by Russia's ambassador in Washington.
Meanwhile, Russina President Vladimir Putin apologised to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for his foreign minister's claims that Adolf Hitler had Jewish blood, Israel said.
As per The Guardian, Bennett said he had accepted the apology, a rare concession from the Kremlin leader and a strong rebuke of his foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov. Putin may have feared that Israel could change its neutral stance on Ukraine invasion.
