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The US considers the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine unacceptable

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The head of the strategic command of the US Armed Forces, Charles Richard, noted that such a development threatens "serious consequences", but did not specify how Washington would act in such a situation

NEW YORK, August 11. /tass/. The United States considers the use of nuclear weapons in the conflict in Ukraine unacceptable, the head of the Strategic Command said on Thursday at a symposium on space and missile defense in Huntsville (Alabama). U.S. Armed Forces Admiral Charles Richard. The event was broadcast on the conference website.

"The use of nuclear weapons in this conflict would be absolutely unacceptable for us and for the rest of the world," he said.

The head of the US strategic command noted that such a development threatens "serious consequences", but did not specify how the United States would act in such a situation.

Richard also again pointed out the existing, in his opinion, missile threat from Russia and China. As a response, he stressed the need to focus on systems to prevent a possible attack. "My main priority is effective missile attack warning capabilities," he said.

Richard paid special attention to the development of the missile potential of the PRC. "China has accelerated the movement towards a strategic breakthrough in this area," the admiral believes.

Russia has repeatedly rejected accusations of threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. As Alexander Trofimov, head of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told the UN headquarters in New York on August 2 at the conference of the countries participating in the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Moscow does not exclude that "this is being done specifically for the purpose of whipping up anti-Russian hysteria." 

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