if the west allows the ukrainian army to strike targets in russia, will russia's position on nuclear testing change? kremlin responds
2024-09-25
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[global times report] according to reports from russian media such as ria novosti and tass on the 24th, russian president's press secretary and kremlin spokesman peskov hosted a press conference to respond to questions such as the possible consequences of the ukrainian army's use of long-range weapons to attack targets in russia.
peskov, file photo, source: russian news agency
ria novosti reported that when asked "whether russia's position on nuclear testing will change if the west allows the ukrainian army to use long-range weapons to attack targets in russia," peskov replied that russian president putin has made his position clear regarding the possibility that the ukrainian army may obtain permission to use weapons provided by the west to attack deep into russia's interior, "please listen and read the president's (putin) statement more."
according to previous reports by tass and other media, putin said on the 12th of this month that direct involvement of nato, the united states and european countries in the russia-ukraine conflict would completely change the nature of the conflict, which "would mean going to war with russia" and that russia would "make appropriate decisions" based on the threats it faces. reuters said this was putin's "toughest statement" so far on the topic of nato lifting restrictions on ukraine's use of foreign-aided long-range weapons.
when peskov made the above remarks, russian deputy foreign minister ryabkov also made a statement on the topic of nuclear testing. according to reuters and other media reports on the 24th, ryabkov talked about russia's position on resuming nuclear testing in an interview. he reiterated that if the united states maintains restraint and does not conduct nuclear tests, russia will not conduct nuclear tests. according to a report by ria novosti in march this year, putin said in an interview that if the united states conducts nuclear tests, it is not ruled out that russia will do the same.
