The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergey Ryabkov, said last night in an interview with the Russian media outlet “Russia 24” that his country “will use nuclear weapons in the event of a threat to its existence”.
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“I remind you that the Russian military doctrine and the document (Fundamentals of State Policy in the Field of Nuclear Deterrence) comprehensively defined all the scenarios in which we could theoretically use nuclear weapons. Such scenarios of aggression against Russia and its allies using weapons of mass destruction or aggression using conventional weapons, when the very existence of The country is in danger,” he said.
Later, Ryabkov warned the United States against supplying long-range weapons to Ukraine, saying that it “will become a full-fledged party to the conflict in Ukraine if Kiev is supplied with long-range and more destructive weapons. Washington is already walking ‘on a knife’s edge.’ So far, US officials have prevented From supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles for Himars launchers, which can reach targets up to 300 km away.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s counteroffensive to retake the first city to fall to Russia, Kherson, continues as Ukrainian forces attack command posts. The Russian soldiers responded with a ground attack to stop the operation. A spokeswoman for Ukraine’s Southern Command said Ukrainian forces destroyed ammunition depots and bridges to impede the movement of Russian forces.
“Our successes are convincing and we will soon be able to reveal more information,” she said. On the other hand, Moscow denied the reports about the advance of the Ukrainian army and said that its soldiers stopped the Ukrainian forces. Both sides claimed battlefield successes in the early days of what Ukrainians described as a potential turning point in the war.