Russia says it has no intention of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine

MADRID, 2 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Russia's deputy representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, has assured this Wednesday that Russia does not intend to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, alleging that its doctrine specifies that they can only be used in the event that there is a threat to the existence From Russia.

"First of all, I would like to say that we have a nuclear doctrine. And it says that we will not be the first to use nuclear weapons, they can only be used if there is a threat to the existence of Russia," Polyansky said in an interview with the portal Maverick News collected by TASS.

In this sense, the Russian representative to the UN has emphasized that the Kremlin does not plan to use nuclear weapons "in the current situation around Ukraine", noting that "from a military point of view, it does not make sense".

However, he has warned that the decision depends on the "degree of participation" of NATO in the war and the scale of threat that this will pose to Russia, according to the aforementioned agency.

The Russian nuclear doctrine argues that the use of nuclear weapons by the country is possible if the enemy uses this or other types of weapons of mass destruction against Russia and its allies, or in case of aggression against Russia with the use of conventional weapons, when the very existence of the state is threatened, among other reasons.