Russia: Do not confuse us with the United States. We do not want to press the "nuclear button"!
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stressed that Russia does not want to reach the scenario of "pressing the nuclear button" in relations with Western countries under any circumstances.
In an interview with W Radio, Colombia, yesterday evening, and in response to a question about the reasons that could push her country to use nuclear weapons, she said: "We proceed from the fact that this horrific scenario will never come true under any circumstances."
"You seem to confuse us with the United States, the Russian Federation never talked about it," Zakharova added.
The five countries that recognize possessing nuclear weapons (Russia, the United States of America, China, Britain and France) issued a statement earlier yesterday on the prevention of "nuclear war", stressing that their nuclear weapons are not directed against each other or against any other country in the world. .
These assurances came after international warnings of a nuclear war escalated, following Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement last week to put the nuclear deterrent forces on alert, amid unprecedented tension with the West, against the backdrop of the Russian military operation against Ukraine.
It is noteworthy that Russia possesses 6 thousand and 255 nuclear bombs.
While the United States of America has 5 thousand and 550 nuclear bombs.
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