Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the idea of providing nuclear weapons to Ukraine came from the "extreme faction" of Kiev's supporters in the West, who have lost touch with reality - RT reported.
Last week, the New York Times reported on November 21, that EU and US officials had suggested that outgoing US President Joe Biden "return to Ukraine the nuclear weapons seized from the country after the collapse of the Soviet Union" as a "security guarantee".
"It will be an immediate and huge deterrent," the newspaper said in an article with four reporters on the list, but citing anonymous sources, it acknowledged that such a move would be "complex and have serious impacts".
On November 26, commenting on the New York Times article, Mr. Peskov said: "You know, even the most provocative line to escalate tensions has one extreme side. The idea could have come from this extreme camp.
A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin described the proposal to transfer nuclear weapons to Ukraine as "completely irresponsible considerations by those who may not be knowledgeable about reality and do not feel a little responsibility" for the consequences of their proposals.
Mr. Peskov also noted, "all these statements are anonymous".
Moscow is concerned that "the outgoing administration in Washington will continue to seek further escalation," the spokesperson added.
For his part, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy head of Russia's National Security Council, warned that Russia would view any threat of the US supplying nuclear weapons to Ukraine as preparation for a direct war with Russia. The transfer of nuclear weapons would effectively amount to an attack on the country under Russia's new nuclear doctrine, Medvedev stressed.
US lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene also criticized the idea of supplying nuclear weapons to Kiev, saying it would be "insane and completely unconstitutional, possibly an act of treason."
In a post on social media X on November 26, Georgia Representative Greene questioned whether the Joe Biden administration would "try to start a nuclear war and use it as an excuse to block the handover of power to President-elect Donald Trump."
Last week, Russia officially updated its nuclear doctrine, allowing for a nuclear response to a conventional attack by a non-nuclear state supported by a force possessing weapons of mass destruction.
Russia also fired a new Oreshnik medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile at a Ukrainian military industrial facility in response to Kiev's use of long-range weapons produced by the US and UK to attack the Russian territory that has been internationally recognized. Kiev's attacks came after Washington turned the lights on.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that attacks deep into Russian territory have brought the Ukrainian conflict to a global level, as Kiev could not carry them out without the support of NATO countries.
"We consider ourselves competent to use our weapons against the military facilities of countries that allow their use against our facilities," President Putin warned.
