Russia 'Will Never Attack Anyone First', Says Kremlin on Nuclear Strike

by Naharnet Newsdesk 22 October 2018, 16:32

Russia would never strike first even if threatened with a nuclear attack, the Kremlin spokesman said Monday, following President Vladimir Putin's remarks that Russians would "go to heaven" as martyrs in case of a nuclear war.

"We will never attack anyone first," spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists. "We don't feel that we have the right to inflict the first strike."

Source: Agence France Presse

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