Russia calls on US to eliminate atomic infrastructure in Europe

Russia has called for the return of US nuclear weapons from non-nuclear countries to the US territory, eliminating their infrastructure across Europe.

During a meeting of the UN Disarmament Commission on Tuesday, Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, said that “in violation of the obligations under the NPT, American non-strategic nuclear weapons are retained on the territory of certain non-nuclear European countries.”

“Such weapons and their delivery means are being modernized, and NATO's so-called 'joint nuclear missions' continue, which assumes the involvement of non-nuclear members of the alliance in training in the handling of nuclear weapons and their use,” he added.

Polyansky asked to put an end to this practice urgently and “return nuclear weapons to the national territory of their owner and eliminate the infrastructure for their deployment in Europe.”

He also rejected the allegations of Russian intentions to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

“There are no winners in a nuclear war,” he said on Monday night in Geneva.

Polyansky also predicted that the future of the moratorium on the deployment of land-based missiles will depend on the supply of weapons to Kiev by European countries and the United States.

Russia’s military operation in Ukraine has been underway since last month, entering its 41st day on Tuesday.

Russian armed forces have entrenched themselves deep in the southern Ukrainian region, while troops are focusing on the Donbas region, according to reports.

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