The circumstances through which NATO might need to use nuclear weapons are “extremely remote”, the Western defence alliance’s secretary-general mentioned on Wednesday, including nonetheless that there could be “severe consequences” if Russia used such weapons.
“There would be severe consequences if Russia used nuclear weapons, any kind of nuclear weapon against Ukraine,” Jens Stollenberg instructed a information convention after a gathering of NATO defence ministers.
“We will not go into exactly how we will respond, but this will fundamentally change the nature of the conflict. It means that a very important line has been crossed,” he mentioned, referring to the conflict in Ukraine that adopted Russia’s invasion of the nation.
He mentioned the basic objective of NATO’s nuclear deterrent was to protect peace and stop coercion in opposition to its allies, and so the circumstances beneath which it might need to use nuclear weapons have been “extremely remote”.
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