Zakharova announced the "erasure" of the United States between the types of nuclear weapons

She said that on April 24, the State Department’s website published material on the creation in the USA of low-power nuclear warheads W76-2 and equipping them with parts of Trident 2 ballistic missile submarines.

“The need to develop and deploy low-power nuclear weapons is presented as a reaction of the United States to“ increasing global threats, ”primarily“ building up the nuclear potential of Russia and China, ”the diplomat said.

Zakharova recalled that the Russian side considers “such a step dangerous”, “an element of destabilization”.

“There is obviously a deliberate blurring between the non-strategic and strategic nuclear weapons,” she said.

According to her, this leads to lowering the nuclear threshold and increasing the threat of nuclear conflict.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the Russian side hopes to discuss the withdrawal of US nuclear weapons from Europe during the next negotiations with the United States.

In early March, Zakharova noted that Russia was calling on the US side to abandon the "rampant buildup" of military power.