Russia : Any NATO nuclear weapons deployed to Poland would be targets

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that should the US decide to deploy nuclear weapon in Poland, Moscow would consider them “legitimate targets” in the event of a direct confrontation with NATO.

Responding to a question at a news conference in Moscow, Zakharova criticized Polish President Andrzej Duda’s remarks on readiness to host American nuclear weapons on his country’s territory, deeming them “provocative.”

“Such provocative statements by the Polish leadership are not news. The Polish authorities have not hidden their ambitions to cling more tightly to the US nuclear weapons deployed in Europe and have been talking about it for a long time,” she emphasized.

The spokeswoman said the Polish officials always link deployment of nuclear statements with “their hostile policy towards Russia.”

“As you understand, if the American weapons are deployed on the territory of Poland, the (Russian) list of legitimate targets to defeat in a situation of direct military confrontation with NATO will be immediately updated,” she warned.