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Source: Financial Times
Russia has threatened Denmark with a nuclear strike if it takes part in Natos missile shield, in some of the most incendiary comments yet directed at a member of the military alliance.
Russias ambassador to Denmark wrote in a newspaper opinion piece that the Nordic country had not fully understood the consequences of signing up to the Nato missile defence programme.
If it happens, then Danish warships will be targets for Russias nuclear weapons. Denmark will be part of the threat to Russia, Mikhail Vanin wrote in Jyllands-Posten.
The dramatic threat cranks up further Russian pressure on countries in the Baltic region. Russian aircraft have violated the airspace of Estonia, Finland and Sweden and were involved in two near misses last year with passenger aircraft taking off from Copenhagen.
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