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The head of Russia’s State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, has threatened that if Western governments provide Kyiv with nuclear weapons, as the former Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has suggested, a nuclear conflict would follow in the heart of Europe.

©Contributor/Getty ImagesRussian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin speeches during the Council of Lawmakers at the Tauride Palace, April 27, 2022 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Volodin has threatened a conflict in the center of Europe if Western countries provide Kyiv with nuclear warheads.

Sikorski, who is now a member of the European Parliament, reportedly told Ukrainian online television channel Espreso TV that the West has the right to give Ukraine nuclear warheads to protect its independence, as “Russia has violated [the Budapest] memorandum,” as shown in a video shared by Belarusian media outlet Nextaon Twitter.

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Sikorski’s argument refers to the Budapest…