UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has warned Russia that any use of nuclear weapons would lead to consequences.
Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested in a speech that all weapons in Russia’s arsenal could be used if Russia’s territory is threatened.
While Putin did not specifically call for using nukes, other Russian authorities have been more explicit, including former President Dmitry Medvedev and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
Talking to a fringe event at the Conservative Party conference on Tuesday, Cleverly said: “It would inevitably be the case that the use of nuclear weapons by any country anywhere in the world would not go without a response.”…