[HIGHLIGHTS] Russia rejects US reports of nuclear weapons in space as a "malicious fantasy."

Russia rejects US reports of nuclear weapons in space as a "malicious fantasy.". Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov claimed that the information was nothing but'malicious fantasies' The New York Times wrote that such new Russian nuclear capabilities are still being developed and have not yet been used.

The White House is behind the narrative in order to get more funding from the US Congress for its fight against Russia, says Dmitri Peskov, a spokesman for the Kremlin.. NATO had already decided in 2021 that attacks from or in space could in future be treated as an alliance case.