Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry lists 4 scenarios for using nuclear weapons

Russian mass media report.

Sergey Ryabkov, the Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, assured that Moscow is not threatening anyone with a nuclear strike, but at the same time he named four grounds on which Russia can use weapons of mass destruction.

According to him, Russia can use nuclear weapons if it receives information about the launch of ballistic missiles in its direction or in the direction of its allies. In the case of the use of nuclear or other weapons of mass defeat against Russia and its allies. If the enemy strikes critical state or military facilities, the disabling of which will lead to disruption of retaliatory actions by nuclear forces. Moscow can also use nuclear weapons "if aggression against the country endangers the existence of the state."