Tensions between Russian and the West skyrocketed on Sunday, whenVladimir Putin's spokesperson Dmitry Peskov issued a direct nuclear threat at one of NATO's members. Mr Peskov told the Russian news outlet Vesti the Kremlin is ready to do anything needed to ensure the country's security, and warned one of the Baltic Countries over the deployment ofnuclear weaponson its territory.
AddressingEstonia, which on February 18 signalled it was open to host aNATOally's nuclear weapon on its territory if deemed necessary, he said: "If there are nuclear weapons on Estonian territory aimed at us, then our nuclear weapons will be aimed at Estonian territory. And Estonia must clearly understand this."
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Estonia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna recently said "Europe should not push away NATO-wide nuclear deterrence," and added that, if necessary, Estonia would be ready to host an ally's nuclear weapon on its territory.
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"Bringing a nuclear weapon here to our territory — we are not against it. We do not have a doctrine in which we have somehow ruled out, if NATO deems it necessary in accordance with our defense plans, the placement of a nuclear weapon, for example, on our territory," the minister said.
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