Every missile Putin fires also targets European security – German foreign minister

Mao Ning (diplomat)chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson

Under the current circumstances, all parties need to remain calm and exercise restraint,

Mao said

Mao Ning (diplomat)chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson

China is paying close attention to the nuclear risks triggered by the Ukraine crisis and has reiterated time and again that nuclear weapons should not be used and nuclear war must not be fought,

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said during Thursday's regular press conference

The question of escalation risk persistently lingers over this discussion. Unhelpfully, this has become stuck in a debate over whether any such weapon employment would lead to a nuclear response, which it certainly will not,

Jack Watling, senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), wrote in a commentary last week

Dmitry Medvedevrussian Security Council Deputy Chairman

If the conflict develops by the escalation scenario, it is impossible to rule out anything, because the NATO member states have effectively got fully involved in this conflict,

Medvedev said according to the Russian new agency TASS

In this case, we will use all, I want to emphasise this, precisely all means of destruction available to Russia,

Putin continued during the press conference in Astana, Kazakhstan

Vladimir Putinpresident

If the country which we are essentially at war with now becomes a nuclear power, what do we do? In this case, we will use all, I want to emphasize this, precisely all means of destruction available to Russia. Everything: we will not allow it. We'll be watching their every move,

Putin said during a press conference in Astana, Kazakhstan

Vladimir Putinpresident

If officially someone were to transfer something, then that would mean a violation of all the non-proliferation commitments they have made,

Putin said

Such a definition either demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of the nature of the conflict and current events on the ground or serves as a manipulation in the interests of the aggressor,

Kyslytsia said

Russia must understand that every attempt to expand the war will have consequences. This should sober up the aggressor state, destroy its plans and force it to a comprehensive, just and lasting peace based on the UN Charter, not a deceptive appeasement reminiscent of Munich in 1938."

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Therefore, the response to the Kremlin's current nuclear blackmail and threats should be to strengthen sanctions and increase military assistance to a party that is defending itself, its people and the principles of the UN Charter

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