MOSCOW, February 24. /TASS/. Any attempts to help Ukraine obtain military nuclear potential will trigger Moscow’s tough response, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday.
"We will perceive any steps to assist Kiev in obtaining military nuclear potential as an attempt to create a direct critical threat to the security of our country, which will inevitably trigger our tough response," the diplomat said, commenting on reported plans by Paris and London to help Kiev acquire nuclear weapons.
Russia’s position that Ukraine cannot possess nuclear weapons is uncompromising and categorical, Zakharova stressed.
"Russia’s position on the matter is unyielding and totally categorical," the diplomat said. "We have repeatedly stated that any attempts to revise Ukraine’s non-nuclear status or for the Kiev regime to obtain nuclear weapons are utterly inadmissible," the diplomat said.
"In the context of anti-Russian pronouncements and actions by some European leaders who continue to instigate the West-provoked confrontation linked to the Ukraine crisis, we again warn of the risks of a direct military clash between nuclear powers and, correspondingly, of its potentially most serious consequences," the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said.
