“We have repeatedly said that Russia was not going and is not going to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
Nowhere and never in all time has any of the leaders of our country and the military department mentioned the possibility of resorting to weapons of mass destruction, ”the diplomat told Newsweek.
He stressed that in the "maniacal desire" to denigrate Russia and whitewash Ukraine, Western countries are ready to "put the security, well-being and life of their own citizens at stake."
Konstantin Vorontsov, deputy director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry, also argued that Russia has not threatened and is not threatening Ukraine with nuclear weapons.