Kremlin calls proposal to return nuclear weapons to Ukraine irresponsible

Proposals by Western officials to return nuclear weapons to Ukraine reported by foreign mass media are irresponsible reasoning. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this at a briefing on November 26.

"This is absolutely irresponsible reasoning of people who probably do not understand and imagine reality well and who do not feel responsible when making such statements," Peskov said, drawing attention to the anonymity of such proposals.

He noted that the idea of transferring nuclear weapons belongs to the "extremely extremist flank."

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The day before, US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green, commenting on the news that President Joe Biden 's officials were seriously considering transferring nuclear weapons to Ukraine, called it a crazy idea. She suggested that the Biden administration is trying to start a nuclear war and use this as an excuse to stop the transfer of power to President-elect Donald Trump.

Russian President Vladimir Putin approved an updated nuclear doctrine on Nov. 19. It includes the amendments announced in September. In particular, for the first time a definition of a potential adversary against whom the Russian Federation conducts nuclear deterrence is introduced.

Dmitry Peskov specified that the measure brings the norms in this area in line with the current situation. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also noted that Russia is strictly committed to the position of preventing nuclear war and defends a world in which nuclear weapons should never be used.

Commenting on the adoption of the document, the US State Department said that Washington had no plans to react to the changes. At the same time, it asserted that the United States and NATO "pose no threat to Russia."

On November 20, Sergei Naryshkin, director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, said that the West was wary of Putin's decision to adjust the country's nuclear doctrine. According to him, Western countries realize that the adjustments largely devalue the efforts of the United States and NATO, which are trying to inflict a "strategic defeat" on Russia.