MOSCOW
\nRussia said Wednesday the world\u2019s \u201ctop priority\u201d should be to avoid a clash of nuclear powers, stressing it could lead to \u201ccatastrophic consequences\u201d.
\n\u201cWe are firmly convinced that in the current difficult and turbulent situation — a consequence of irresponsible and shameless actions aimed at undermining our national security — the top priority is to prevent any military clash of nuclear powers,\u201d said the foreign ministry.
\nMoscow called on other nuclear powers to \u201cabandon dangerous attempts to infringe on each other\u2019s vital interests\u201d. The foreign ministry\u2019s statement came amid rising fears of nuclear use in the Ukraine conflict, which has dragged on into its ninth month.
\n\u201cRussia is strictly and consistently guided by the tenet that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought,\u201d the statement read.It said Moscow\u2019s nuclear doctrine is \u201cpurely defensive in nature\u201d, only allowing the Kremlin to use such weapons in the event of nuclear aggression or \u201cwhen the very existence of our state is threatened.\u201d
\nRussia has repeatedly suggested that Ukrainian territories it claims to have annexed are protected by its nuclear doctrine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MOSCOW Russia said Wednesday the world\u2019s \u201ctop priority\u201d should be to avoid a clash of nuclear powers, stressing it could lead to \u201ccatastrophic consequences\u201d. \u201cWe are firmly convinced that in the current difficult and turbulent situation — a consequence of irresponsible and shameless actions aimed at undermining our national security — the top priority is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n