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Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance is ‘concerned’ Russia potentially using chemical weapons in Ukraine
The general secretary of Nato has told Vladimir Putin to stop “nuclear sabre-rattling” and said the alliance has concerns that weapons of mass destruction could be used in Ukraine.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday ahead of a Nato leaders’ summit in Brussels Jens Stoltenberg said Russia could not “win a nuclear war”.
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His comments come after Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia could use nuclear weapons in defined circumstances and in the case of an “existential threat for our country”.
Last month Mr Putin ordered Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert – while UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres warned last week that “the prospect of nuclear conflict, once unthinkable, is now back within the realm of possibility”.
Mr Stoltenberg, the face of the military alliance, told reporters that Russia “must stop its nuclear sabre-rattling”, branding the approach “dangerous and it is irresponsible”.