Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN hopes that God will not allow the use of nuclear weapons

Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (UN) Vasily Nebenzya hopes that the crisis around Ukraine will not lead to the use of nuclear weapons. He stated this yesterday at a press conference at the UN.

“As for the use of nuclear weapons, I hope God will not allow this,” Interfax quotes the permanent representative, who thus answered the question of when and under what conditions Russia would be ready to use nuclear weapons.

Earlier, on February 27, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the transfer of the Russian deterrence forces to a special mode of service.

As, in particular, it was specified on the website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the strategic deterrence forces (SNS) are the basis of the combat power of the RF Armed Forces, designed to deter aggression against the Russian Federation and its allies, as well as to defeat the aggressor in a war using various types of weapons, including nuclear. The SNA is based on the strategic nuclear forces, which include the Strategic Missile Forces.

Reacting to Putin’s order, US President Joe Biden assured the Americans that they do not have to worry about nuclear war, RBC notes.

Recall that on February 24, the President of the Russian Federation made an emergency appeal to the Russians and announced a special military operation in the Donbass. In his speech, he stated that “circumstances require decisive action from Russia” and stressed that “Russia will not allow Ukraine to have nuclear weapons.”

In response to Russia’s actions, Western countries (USA, Canada, European Union, Great Britain, Japan) announced new, tougher sanctions against the Russian Federation, including financial and economic ones.

In particular, Russian banks fell under the sanctions, including Sberbank, VTB, Novikombank, FC Otkritie and Sovcombank, and for a number of state-owned companies it was difficult to attract foreign capital.

Later, the EU countries and the United States agreed to disconnect Russian banks that fell under sanctions from the international system of interbank transactions and information exchange SWIFT. In addition, it was decided to freeze the assets of the Bank of Russia, which will create difficulties for its use of international reserves. EU countries also pledged to take steps to limit the sale of citizenship — the so-called “golden passports” that allow wealthy Russians connected to the Russian government to become citizens of EU states and gain access to their financial systems.

You can follow the chronicle of events around Ukraine on March 1 here.