If US or NATO troops enter the occupied Donbas, Russia uses nuclear weapons in return.
This was stated by State Duma deputy Vyacheslav Nikonov during an international meeting of state security officials in Bratislava GLOBSEC 2017, GORDON writes referring to the edition of Defense One.
"Concerning the expansion of NATO near our borders. I heard from our military, and I think that they are right:
if US forces, NATO forces would appear or appear in the Crimea or in the east of Ukraine, then Russia at the early stage of the conflict will be defenseless without the use of nuclear weapons, "said Nikonov.
The Russian military discussed Moscow's readiness to use nuclear weapons in talks with NATO leaders, Nikonov said in an interview with Defense One.
Let's remind, earlier there was a warning about a nuclear strike from Russia.
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