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Mared Gwyn Jones

Rutte responds to Moscow's nuclear threats, and the UK leader weighs re-joining the EU

Nuclear tensions: In an interview with Euronews, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has told Russia to stop issuing nuclear threats, after Moscow sent a letter to the alliance saying it is prepared to deploy its nuclear arsenal if its territory – including the enclave of Kaliningrad – comes under attack.

‘Stop’: "We are a defensive alliance. Stop the nuclear threats. This is absolutely not called for and not helpful," Rutte exclusively told the Euronews Defence and Space Summit on Wednesday, at a moment of heightened tension between Russia and the West.

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