15:02 23-10-2025

Zakharova Warns NATO May Lift Limits on Nuclear Weapons Deployment

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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warned that NATO members may abandon restrictions on hosting U.S. nuclear weapons, calling alliance drills destabilizing.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova warned that several NATO member states could abandon existing restrictions on hosting nuclear weapons on their territory. She said it cannot be ruled out that those countries still maintaining national-level self-restraints might eventually decide to remove them completely.

Commenting on NATO’s Steadfast Noon exercises, Zakharova described the very concept of joint nuclear missions as destabilizing. She noted that during these drills, the alliance regularly rehearses scenarios involving the use of U.S. nuclear weapons stationed in Europe against Russia and its allies — a practice she said undermines strategic stability across the region.

The diplomat also drew attention to Warsaw’s ongoing appeals for the United States to deploy nuclear weapons in Poland. According to Zakharova, such initiatives expose the open disregard shown by NATO’s non-nuclear members toward the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, further eroding the foundations of international security.