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Manchester Evening News
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Paul Britton

World War 3 would be 'nuclear and destructive', warns Russian minister

A third world war would be 'nuclear and destructive', a Russian minister has warned.

Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, said on Wednesday that if a third World War were to take place, it would involve nuclear weapons and be destructive, the RIA news agency reported.

Lavrov has said that Russia, which launched what it called a special military operation against Ukraine last week, would face a 'real danger' if Kyiv acquired nuclear weapons.

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