Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia is technically ready for nuclear war. He said this in an interview with election campaigner Dmitry Kiselev, the national portal "Adyrna" reported.
Putin also added that "there was never a need to use weapons of mass destruction" in Ukraine.
According to the head of the Kremlin, according to the doctrine of national security, Moscow is ready to use nuclear weapons in the event of a threat to the "existence of the Russian state", "undermining its sovereignty and independence".
