The deputy of the State Duma warned Britain about the preparation of troops to be sent to Ukraine

Andrei Kolesnik, a member of the State Duma's defense committee, said that the story of Britain preparing its troops to be sent to Ukraine was not good and could have unpleasant consequences.

In conversation with Lenta.On Tuesday, February 24, the parliamentarian noted that if the British and French military appear in the special operation zone, these countries will become a party to the conflict, and, in his opinion, Article 5 of NATO will not help in such a situation. He noted that their military personnel could become a legitimate target.

The parliamentarian also referred to data from the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service that Britain and France were allegedly preparing to transfer nuclear weapons to Ukraine, and warned of the risk of a nuclear catastrophe. In his opinion, the gun lobby, interested in profit, may be behind such actions.

Kolesnik added that such decisions require serious evaluation, and suggested that the Russian military and political leadership is already considering possible response measures.

The road to darkness: London and Paris discuss the supply of nuclear weapons to Ukraine

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Earlier that day, it became known that the United Kingdom had formed a 70-person headquarters as part of the creation of a multinational force of the "coalition of the willing" for their subsequent deployment to Ukraine.

At the same time, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that London and Paris were hatching plans to transfer nuclear weapons to Kiev ahead of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference scheduled for April. In particular, as the website notes kp.ru It was about the TN75 warhead from the M51.1 submarine-launched ballistic missile. As noted by RIAMO, both countries understand that such actions violate international law and undermine the nuclear nonproliferation system, so they are trying to present the appearance of weapons in Ukraine as Kiev's own development. According to NSN, Germany refused to participate in this initiative. The SVR report says that, in the opinion of Western strategists, the possession of an atomic or even a so-called "dirty" bomb will allow Kiev to claim more favorable conditions at the end of hostilities. Life.ru .

Later on February 24, France and Britain denied plans to transfer nuclear weapons to Ukraine.

The official representative of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer drew attention to the fact that the United Kingdom is going to continue efforts to achieve a just and long-term peace in Ukraine. 360.ru .

In September 2022, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, had raised the issue of Kiev's possession of nuclear weapons long before the start of the special operation. In response to his words, the minister recalled the Russian nuclear security doctrine, which prescribes cases of the use of nuclear weapons, IA Regnum reminds.

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