Guterres’ office commented on Zelensky’s words about a nuclear strike on Russia.

The position of the UN on the unacceptability of even a discussion of a nuclear conflict remains the same, spokesman for the Secretary General of the organization Stefan Dujarric told in response to a request to comment on the words of Vladimir Zelensky about a strike on Russia.

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Zelensky, speaking at the Lowy Institute in Australia via video link, said that NATO should launch “preemptive” strikes on the Russian Federation, and not “wait for Russia’s nuclear strikes.”

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“As for any comments regarding the use of nuclear weapons, I would like to refer you to what the Secretary General has already said on this issue. His position has not changed,” Dujarric said.

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He cited an excerpt from the speech of the UN Secretary General on September 22 in the UN Security Council. Then Guterres said that “the idea of ​​a nuclear conflict, once unthinkable, has become the subject of discussion, this in itself is completely unacceptable.”