MOSCOW – Discussion in the West about arming Ukraine with nuclear weapons is “absolutely irresponsible,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
The statement comes in response to reports from The New York Times last week, indicating that some unidentified Western officials had suggested that U.S. President Joe Biden could give Ukraine nuclear weapons, though there were fears such a step would have serious implications.
Peskov said the comments were only attributed to anonymous sources, and those making them do not feel “a shred of responsibility.” The West should listen carefully to Russian President Vladimir Putin, he added.
Earlier, senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev said if the West supplied nuclear weapons to Ukraine, Moscow could consider the move as tantamount to an attack on Russia, providing grounds for a nuclear response.
