Russia foreign ministry spokesman said Russia’s nuclear doctrine provides for the use of nuclear weapons only if the country’s very existence is threatened.
“Nobody wants to see a nuclear war happen. Dangerous rhetoric is clearly unhelpful. And something that we won’t engage in.”
Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund have raised €400,000 ($426,000 or N215 million) for Ukraine from a match played against Dynamo Kiev.
Billie Jean King has spoken out against the ban on Russian and Belarusian players imposed at Wimbledon this year due to the war in Ukraine.
Mr Shoigu announced this on Thursday at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin broadcast on state television.
The Pentagon says Ukraine’s military has received additional aircraft and parts for repairs to get damaged aircraft flying again.
“We will continue to impose severe costs on the Russian regime…and will relentlessly pursue accountability for their actions.”
The foreign ministry names 13 British officials, including former Prime Minister Theresa May, and warns it will be expanded “in the near future.”
UN humanitarians said no fewer than 870,000 people who fled abroad since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 had returned home.
The sanctions target 14 Russian enterprises of strategic and economic importance to Russia, including defence-related entities.
