The chairman of the lower house of the Russian parliament - the State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, said today that Ukrainian strikes on the territory of Russia with Western weapons will lead to nuclear war and that the Russian response will be firm and with more powerful weapons, Reuters reported, BTA reported.
Earlier in the day, the European Parliament passed a resolution calling for Kiev to be allowed to strike targets inside Russia with Western weapons. Volodin warned that the EP's proposal would lead to a "world war with the use of nuclear weapons".
"Today, the European Parliament called on the countries of the European Union to cancel the restrictions on strikes by Kiev with long-range weapons on the territory of our country, to increase military aid to Ukraine, and also to announce the collection of funds from the population of Europe for the needs of the armed forces of Ukraine. What the European Parliament is calling for will lead to a world war with the use of nuclear weapons," wrote Volodin, quoted by TASS, on his Telegram channel.
He added that Europeans should understand that Russia's RS-28 "Sarmat" strategic intercontinental ballistic missiles, known in the West as "Satan 2", only need 3 minutes and 20 seconds to reach to Strasbourg.