Russia Rules Out Nuclear Arms Talks With US Over Ukraine Support
- No grounds for arms-control talks with US, Lavrov says
- Russia accuses US of escalating confrontation over Ukraine
A Russian MIRV-equipped thermonuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missile. during the 2023 rehearsal of the Victory Day parade.
Photographer: Vlad Karkov/Getty Images
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov lashed the US over its support for Ukraine and warned on the risks of confrontation between nuclear powers as he ruled out any discussions on strategic security with Washington.
“There is already more and more talk of a direct clash of nuclear powers,” Lavrov told reporters Thursday at his annual news conference in Moscow. “There are fewer and fewer restraining factors in the West.”