MOSCOW (Reuters) -Discussion in the West about arming Ukraine with nuclear weapons is "absolutely irresponsible", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, in response to a report in the New York Times citing unidentified officials who suggested such a possibility.

Discussions in the West about the possibility of transferring nuclear weapons to Ukraine are "absolutely irresponsible," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov states, according to Reuters. Last week, the New York Times newspaper reported that some Western officials suggested that US President Joe Biden might transfer nuclear weapons to Ukraine.

MOSCOW - Discussion in the West about arming Ukraine with nuclear weapons is \"absolutely irresponsible\", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Russia's Deputy head of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev takes part in a wreath laying ceremony marking Defender of the Fatherland Day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin Wall in Moscow,

The war between Russia and Ukraine is intensifying with new attacks and new concerns over the weapons being used by both sides. Vladimir Putin says Russia’s use of a nuclear-capable weapon is a response to Ukraine firing American weapons deeper into Russia for the first time.