BELGRADE, 19 November. /TASS/. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said it was time to talk about peace talks with Ukraine to prevent a potential nuclear conflict after the West allowed Ukraine to use its weapons for attacks inside Russia.

“We are not ashamed to say that it is vital to start talking about peace and a ceasefire, because it leads us to a global catastrophe, which, unfortunately, I predicted. We have taken nine out of ten steps leading to a complete catastrophe. Today the Bryansk Territory was attacked by American ATACMS missiles, Russian weapons and ammunition depots “The attacks against them continue,” he said.

He warned that further escalation would be fraught with a “full-scale nuclear conflict.”

According to Vucic, Russia’s leaders are not bluffing when they warn of a potential nuclear response to security threats to Russia. He added that those who claimed these were “simple threats with fake weapons” were crazy.

The New York Times reported on November 17 that US President Joe Biden authorized the use of US-supplied ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles in attacks inside Russia. This report was later confirmed by Brian Nichols, US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell confirmed that the United States had lifted restrictions on the use of US-supplied missiles in strikes up to 300 kilometers inside Russia. The EU Foreign Affairs Council discussed the issue and said that the council could not reach a consensus on this issue and each country decided independently.

Meanwhile, Russian Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov reminded that Moscow’s updated nuclear doctrine allows the use of nuclear weapons in retaliation if Ukraine potentially uses Western non-nuclear missiles against Russia. He had previously criticized the West’s decision as a “qualitatively new spiral of tension”.