“I know from unofficial conversations that they (Western officials. - RT) are discussing the“ nuclear option ”in the form of disconnecting Russia from SWIFT.

It would be grandiose, ”RIA Novosti quoted Kuleba as saying.

In addition, he recommended that the United States and Great Britain "act independently" if the EU proposes "less stringent measures" against Russia.

Earlier, Kuleba said that the lack of details of Washington, London and Brussels about the sanctions they imposed on Moscow could cause the latter to doubt the West's readiness to take decisive action in the event of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

In turn, the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov noted that Russia would mirror the extension of countermeasures against the European Union.