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Russian Ambassador to the U.N. Gennady Gatilov (L) and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov (R) attend the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, on March 2, 2023. Denis Balibouse/Reuters
On Wednesday, a high-ranking Russian official said that the threat of nuclear war is higher now than in “the past few decades.”
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov commented in an event titled “A World Without START,” as Russia sees itself in a de facto open conflict with the United States.