Putin: If the defense system fails, we activate nuclear weapons.

I tell you, it's very important and sensitive. I want to tell you what the international community knows. Our plan in the use of nuclear weapons will take place in the event our country is endangered,” Putin said.

The decision in the use of nuclear weapons can be made if our defence system fails in preventing blows to our territory,” he added.

And this is going to be a global disaster for the world, but also for Russian citizens, and as president of Russia, I want to ask you a question: who needs the world without Russia?” Putin said.

In other words, the Russian president said Russia, unlike the US, has never used nuclear weapons against other countries, reports “Sputin International” Transmission Periscope.

And we haven't started this by ourselves, but the first nuclear missile was built by the US. And they used it against Japan,” stressed Putin.

The issue has also been commented on by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, who said the US was paving the way for the upcoming nuclear war./Periscopi/