“I hope that those who constantly speculate on the topic of nuclear war, on the topic of provocations by the organization of the Russian Federation using weapons of mass destruction, I hope they realize their responsibility,” RIA Novosti quotes Lavrov.
On the air of "Russia 1", the minister also noted that the Russian side urges Western countries "not to artificially inflate" the topic of the nuclear threat.
Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Western countries are trying to introduce nuclear rhetoric into circulation, although Russia does not threaten anyone with the use of nuclear weapons.