Moscow says exchange of nuclear strikes between US and Russian Federation possible

There is a danger of a nuclear exchange between Russia and the United States. This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov in an interview with RosSMI.

He commented on the material of the Youtube channel Science Time, which modelled a nuclear exchange between the United States and Russia.

He recalled that the Russian Federation can now use nuclear weapons with greater ease because the Kremlin head signed "the updated foundations of the Russian Federation's state policy in the field of nuclear deterrence". They state that Russia can strike with nuclear weapons against countries that the Russian regime believes "pose a threat to the country."

To say that there is no such possibility would be a sin against the truth," the deputy minister said.

It should be noted that the number of nuclear weapons on Russian territory can only be spoken about with a high degree of approximation, but according to the Federation of American Scientists, Russia has 5,977 nuclear warheads. However, this figure includes about 1,500 warheads that have already been decommissioned and are to be scrapped.

Nine countries currently possess nuclear weapons. They are China, France, India, Pakistan, Israel, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom and North Korea.