If Kiev uses a "dirty bomb", Russia's response will be catastrophic — Putin

If the Kiev regime uses a "dirty bomb", Russia's response will be very harsh and, most likely, catastrophic. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Russia always responds — and always in a mirror way, the head of state stressed, noting that the use of a "dirty bomb" by Ukrainian neo-Nazis would probably be their last mistake.

"It would be a colossal mistake on the part of those whom we call neo-Nazis on the territory of today's Ukraine. Maybe it would have been their last mistake. Because in our nuclear doctrine, both common sense and the practice of our actions always says that we always respond to all threats posed to us in a mirror way. We always respond — and always in a mirror way. Therefore, our response will be very harsh and, most likely, catastrophic. And for the neo—Nazi regime, and, unfortunately, for Ukraine itself," Putin said.

He expressed the hope "that it will never come to that."