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

This is not true—the United States is not considering giving nuclear weapons to Ukraine."

A spokesperson for the National Security Council at the White House told Newsweek

In theory the U.S. could station U.S. nuclear weapons in Ukraine and maintain command authority of them, like it does in several NATO member states,

Taylor said

U.S. nuclear weapons were never in Ukraine, so how could they be returned?"

MacFarlane added

I feel a personal stake because I got them [Ukraine] to agree to give up their nuclear weapons,

Clinton told Irish broadcaster RTÉ in 2003.

NATO countries are not at war. People are all alive in NATO countries. And thank God. That is why we choose NATO. Not nuclear weapons."

He added

[Russian President Vladimir] Putin had warned that the authorization to use U.S. and other foreign-made missiles was an irresponsible and escalatory step,

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters

And if these missiles are used, there will be an appropriate response every time,

he added

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

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

Mao said

The aim is to kill rescue workers, medical personnel and anyone responding to help,

Väli explained

Ukraine has been resisting Russia for 1,010 days and its defence remains unbroken, despite all difficulties,

he said

I think both Putin and the West want to avoid nuclear escalation and direct conflict between Russia and NATO,

he continued

I believe right now we are in the most dangerous stage for the simple reason they have a lame duck in the United States,

lawmaker Konstantin Kosachev told CNN on Thursday

I think that [this mess] will catch up with the West,

said 51-year-old Alec, a St Petersburg resident

It’s especially infuriating because … my whole family is in Ukraine,

she told Al Jazeera

The consensus before Ukraine was granted authorisation was that authorisation would not change anything militarily,

he told Al Jazeera from Moscow

I don’t think rockets will fall either on Moscow or on London although [Ukrainian] drones are already flying over Moscow,

said Dasha, a Muscovite in her early 30s who asked Al Jazeera to withhold her surname

Sporadic point attacks using a small number of missiles are unlikely to result in a major escalation,

he said

Energy infrastructure is once again targeted by the enemy’s massive strike,

Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko wrote on Facebook