Peskov noted the alarming situation in the world and, in particular, in Europe.

“She is extremely, extremely tense.

And the prospects for the development of the situation, taking into account the line chosen by the North Atlantic Alliance and the US leadership, do not yet promise any elements of detente, ”TASS quotes him.

Earlier, Rachel Bronson, president of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, announced the transfer of the hands of the symbolic doomsday clock 10 seconds ahead closer to “nuclear midnight”.

According to her, this means that there are 90 seconds left until the “point of the nuclear apocalypse”.

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev invited US leader Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to stop the ticking of the nuclear clock.