The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Pekka Haavisto, does not think that Russia will use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

 Yle TV and radio company reports this.

 The minister commented on the information of The New York Times that the Russian military leadership recently held meetings where they discussed how and where Moscow could use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

 According to Haavisto, it is possible that talk of nuclear weapons is being used as a deterrent in the conflict.

 However, the minister notes that the war in Ukraine can take an unpredictable turn.

 "I do not consider it likely, but other unlikely things happened in this war. In general, the beginning of the war was also considered absurd," the minister said.

 "Even at the beginning of the war, it was thought that no one would use military force to change the government of a country with a population of 50 million by attacking the capital. But it happened. Therefore, we must be ready for any scenario, even those that seem to us irrational". ", - said Haavisto.

 As reported, American officials who have read the intelligence report on the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons during the war in Ukraine differed in their assessments of how likely such a scenario is.