Foreign Ministry: Russia may deploy nuclear weapons in Crimea
Russia, no doubt, may, if necessary, to place nuclear weapons on its territory, as well as among them in the Crimea, said in an interview Last news Director of the division for non-proliferation and observation arms of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mikhail Ulyanov.
"Russia is, without doubt, can accommodate, if necessary, nuclear weapons anywhere on its national territory, and on the Crimean Peninsula," said Ulyanov, explaining the phrases of head the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin expressed at the Ministerial meeting of NATO in Antalya in mid-may.
before the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation in the framework of a sudden check the combat readiness reported about plans of relocation to the Crimea ten Tu-22M3 long-range aviation, which have the capability to carry nuclear weapons, however, about the plans to send the nuclear warheads were Not documented. For its part, the U.S. expressed concern about the possible deployment of Russian nuclear weapons in Crimea.
According to klimkina " to deploy nuclear weapons in Crimea would become the most serious failures of the international obligations of Russia ", including numerous treaties, as well as among them on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons (NPT)." Any action and even signals from the Russian side about the possibility of deploying nuclear weapons in Crimea will be considered as the worst failures of all international norms. In this case, the international Commonwealth will be obliged to react in the strongest terms ", - said Klimkin.
According to Ulyanov, "Like the phrase" contained in the statement Klimkin at the Review conference of the NPT." As you can understand it, considering the Crimea in the territory of Ukraine, believes that the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons would be damaging to non-nuclear status of Ukraine. The idea is quite interesting in the sense that it can be considered As an indirect attack on the U.S., as well as Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey, within which is hosted U.S. nuclear weapons. Following the logic of the Ukrainian Minister, this is a direct failures of non-nuclear status of the listed European countries. Not going to challenge it, but I will say that in the case of Crimea was, by itself, the situation was different, " drew attention Ulyanov.
Crimea and Sevastopol became the Russian regions after the 16 March 2014 referendum in which the overwhelming majority of voters voted for reunification with Russia. In the Russian capital said that the referendum in Crimea complies with international law and the UN Charter. Kiev still considers Crimea as part of Ukraine.
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