Kremlin says Putins comments on nuclear weapons did not constitute a threat to use them

The Kremlin stated on Thursday that feedback made by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview to state media didn’t represent a risk to make use of them.

Putin instructed the West on Wednesday that Russia was technically prepared for nuclear conflict and that if the U.S. despatched troops to Ukraine, it might be thought-about a big escalation of the battle.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on Thursday that Putin was merely answering a journalist’s questions and restating the already well-known circumstances through which Russia would theoretically be pressured to make use of nuclear weapons.