“The course of the West towards total containment of our country is extremely dangerous.

It carries the risk of sliding into a direct armed clash of nuclear powers, ”Lavrov said.

He added that Moscow reiterates that there can be no winners in a nuclear war "and it must never be unleashed."

On October 27, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said that Russia does not need a nuclear strike on Ukraine, it makes no political or military sense.

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