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Sami Quadri

Russia unlikely to use tactical nuclear weapons against Ukraine, says its ambassador to UK

Andrei Kelin also said allegations of war crimes are a “fabrication” deployed to “interrupt negotiations”

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Russia is unlikely to use tactical nuclear weapons in the conflict with Ukraine, its country ambassador to the UK has said.

Andrei Kelin said there is a “very strict provision” on the use of such weapons and that Russia will continue to treat the war as a “limited conventional operation”.

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