Moscow Takes Zelenskyys Statements Into Account When Taking Nuclear Deterrence Measures

Moscow will take into account the statements of Volodymyr Zelenskyy about NATO's preemptive strikes against Russia when taking measures to ensure nuclear deterrence and the country's security, Konstantin Vorontsov, deputy head of Russia's delegation, said at a meeting of the UN General Assembly First Committee.

Earlier, a representative of the Ukrainian delegation said that Zelenskyy had allegedly meant not nuclear strikes, but sanctions against Moscow.

As Vorontsov pointed out, this was not the first time Zelenskyy has used rhetoric related to either the creation of nuclear weapons or the use of nuclear weapons in his speeches or interviews.

"I urge all delegates to go to the site where this interview is posted in Ukrainian and listen to what President Zelenskyy said in the original source.

And you will easily hear that it was not about some kind of preventive sanctions before February 24, mythical ones, that the presidential press service invents, but it was clearly about the need for preventive nuclear strikes by NATO countries against Russia and nothing else," Vorontsov said.

"Therefore, under these conditions, we will definitely monitor and take into account these statements by President Zelenskyy when taking the necessary measures to ensure nuclear deterrence and to ensure the security of the Russian Federation in accordance with the military doctrine of the Russian Federation, as well as with the fundamentals of nuclear deterrence policy," he stressed.