The Russian government has warned that a third World War 'will be a nuclear and destructive one' .
This comes as the western world continues to condemn Russia and ratchet
up tensions against the state for it's invasion of Ukraine which has led
to a huge humanitarian crisis in Europe and loss of lives.
In a thinly veiled threat for NATO not to get involved in Ukraine,
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (pictured below) said on
Wednesday, March 2 that any future world war would be fought with
nuclear weapons - a statement that comes just days after President
Vladimir Putin warned that any country sending troops to Ukraine would
be met with severe consequences.
'A third world war will be nuclear and destructive'
Lavrov also accused Kyiv of delaying peace talks at the behest of the US
and said the invasion aims to prevent Ukraine from obtaining nuclear
weapons of its own.
'We are ready for the second round of negotiations, but the Ukrainian side is delaying [the process] at the behest of the Americans,' said Lavrov, according to Russian news agency TASS.
'Russian forces will not allow Ukraine to obtain nuclear weapons' He added
Lavrov's thinly-veiled threat of a potential nuclear conflict comes just
one day after he denounced the presence of American nuclear weapons in
Europe.
'It is unacceptable for us that US nuclear weapons still remain in a
number of European states in contradiction to the basic points of the
NPT,' Russia's foreign minister told a Geneva conference on disarmament
in a pre-recorded message on Tuesday, March 1.
'The bad practice of joint nuclear missions with the participation of
non-nuclear NATO states continues. During such missions, the use of
nuclear weapons against Russia is being practiced,' Lavrov continued.
'US nuclear weapons should have returned home long ago, and the
corresponding infrastructure in Europe should have long been
eliminated.'
As Lavrov spoke, delegates from around the world walked out of the conference .
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