West could trigger nuclear war over Ukraine, Russia diplomat says at UN

The conflict in Ukraine does not warrant Russia’s use of nuclear weapons, but Moscow could decide to use its nuclear arsenal in response to “direct aggression” by NATO countries over the invasion, Russia said on Tuesday at the United Nations. At anuclearnonproliferation conference,Russian diplomat Alexander Trofimov rejected “utterly unfounded, detached from reality and unacceptable speculations thatRussiaallegedly threatens to usenuclearweapons, particularly inUkraine.” Within days of...