"Absolutely Unacceptable": Ukraine Slams Putin's Comment On Use Of Nukes

The Kremlin's statements on the possible use of nuclear weapons are "absolutely unacceptable" and Kyiv will not give into it, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said early on Sunday.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said early on Sunday that the Kremlin's statements about the possible use of nuclear weapons were "totally unacceptable" and Kyiv would not give in to them.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials, including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, have mentioned nuclear weapons as an option in the extreme.

"The irresponsible statements of Putin and Lavrov about the possible use of nuclear weapons are absolutely unacceptable," Kuleba wrote on Twitter. "Ukraine will not surrender. We call on all nuclear powers to speak out now and make it clear to Russia that such rhetoric endangers the world and will not be tolerated."

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