I think many in the world have spoken clearly about that when he's been rattling the nuclear sabre - including China, in the past,
Russia's nuclear rhetoric is dangerous and reckless,
To do that now while the world’s gathered in New York, including talking about the need for more disarmament, nonproliferation, I think that’s going to play very badly around the world,
The right approach is to look for signs that Russia might be preparing to use nuclear weapons, whether it's tactical nuclear weapons or strategic nuclear weapons,
The renewed nuclear bluster by Russia is a sign of Western weakness,
So, there is technically no chance to even consider this nonsense,
In practice, however, whether or not Russia uses nuclear weapons depends on the cost-risk calculation,
Nuclear weapons will perform the same role that they originally performed— the role of deterring foreign aggression in all its manifestations,
The 1950s were more dangerous than what we have today, because at that time you did not yet have a clear understanding by all the parties involved of the logic of mutually assured destruction,
It doesn't mark a shift in their thinking; it's codifying where they're at,
This is fitting the pattern of his behaviour so far, unveiling his true face during a very important, high-level international event ongoing right now in New York,
We, of course, strongly reject these threats and the position of the European Union remains unchanged,
Russia wants the world to think that it is at a nuclear hair trigger and that anything could cause nuclear war,
Nothing has happened at this point, nothing has changed,
Whenever Russia detects that there is a risk for the development of the support for Ukraine that it would dislike, the nuclear threats ramp up,
We will consider such a possibility once we receive reliable information about a massive launch of air and space attack weapons and their crossing our state border,
Not for the first time, Putin is playing (a) gamble with his nuclear arsenal,
This is just the continuation of the very irresponsible and unacceptable behaviour on the side of Putin,
This is a signal that warns these countries about the consequences if they participate in an attack on our country by various means, and not necessarily nuclear ones,
This should be considered a definite signal."