JRL NEWSWATCH: “Russian envoy says nuclear powers may clash over Ukraine” – AP

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“… Speaking at the U.N. conference on disarmament, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov denounced the U.S. and its allies for openly declaring the goal of defeating Russia in a ‘hybrid’ war …. Sergei Ryabkov file photoRyabkov warned that ‘the U.S. and NATO policy of fueling the conflict in Ukraine’ and their ‘increasing involvement in the military confrontation is fraught with a direct military clash of nuclear powers with catastrophic consequences.’ He emphasized that … Putin’s move to suspend the 2010 New START treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms pact with the U.S.[,] came in response to the U.S. and NATO action on Ukraine. …”

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