“We have not seen any evidence that Russia has decided to use nuclear weapons.

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) stated that there would be consequences.

But I won’t say what they will be, ”TASS quotes Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General of the US Air Force Patrick Ryder.

He added that the US is working closely with allies around the world on nuclear deterrence.

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.

Moscow has repeatedly reminded that the inadmissibility of nuclear war is Russia's principled position.

The Russian Foreign Ministry stressed that the use of nuclear reaction forces by Moscow, according to Russian military doctrine, is possible only in response to aggression.