“The use of nuclear weapons in this conflict on any scale would be absolutely unacceptable both for us and for the rest of the world,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying during a speech at a defense symposium organized at the Pentagon site.
Richard added that the use of this type of weapon would have dire consequences.
Earlier, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that there will be no winners in a nuclear war and it should not be waged.