Asked by LBC's Andrew Marr if the Kremlin would resort to the nuclear option, ambassador to the UK Andrey Kelin replied: "In this conflict? No, we have a very clear doctrine, and it is describing a very precise case when a nuclear weapon can be used.

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"It is if nuclear attack is launched against Russia for the first time, and if a conventional attack will be so grave that existence of our state is in dange