WASHINGTON: Russia would only use nuclear weapons in the context of theUkraine conflict if it were facing an “existential threat”, Kremlinspokesman Dmitry Peskov told CNN International on Tuesday.
“We have a concept of domestic security, and it’s public. You can read allthe reasons for nuclear arms to be used,” Peskov said. “So if it is anexistential threat for our country, then it can be used in accordance withour concept.”
Peskov’s comment came as interviewer Christiane Amanpour pushed him onwhether he was “convinced or confident” that Putin would not use thenuclear option in the Ukrainian context. -APP/AFP
