Nato blasts ‘irresponsible’ Russia rhetoric after nuclear arsenal threat

Russia threatened to deploy nuclear weapons if Kaliningrad was threatened (Picture: Reuters)

NATO has responded to Russia’s outright threat to deploy nuclear weapons if Kaliningrad is ‘threatened’ by the alliance.

Russia addressed what it called ‘threats’ to its Baltic enclave from NATO and said in a statement that the alliance was being ‘dangerous and reckless’.

‘Russia will be ready to use the entire arsenal of forces and capabilities at its disposal, including nuclear weapons, to defend its territory should Nato countries undertake any attempt aimed at isolating the Kaliningrad Region from the rest of the country,’ a letter to NATO read.

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