a kremlin spokesperson is, again, answering questions about nuclear weapons. saying russia will not use them as a result of any outcome in ukraine. however, dmitry peskov says moscow will use such weapons if there is a threat to the existence of his country. listen. any outcome of course is not a reason for usage of a nuclear weapon. we have a security concept that very clearly states that only when when there is a threat for existence of of the state in our country, we can use and we will actually use nuclear weapons to eliminate the threat for the existence of our country. well, also in that interview, peskov called the u.s. president s comments about vladimir putin quite alarming. you will recall that during his speech in poland, joe biden said the russian leader should not
truly neuter foreign policy as opposed to a neutral foreign policy which he, putin, dictates. ambassador, putin spokesperson telling pbs tonight that russia would only use nuclear weapons if the existence of russia was at stake: listen to this and we ll discuss. any outcome of their operation of course is not a reason for usage of a nuclear weapon. we have a security concept that very clearly states that only when there is a threat for existence of the state in our country we can use and we will actually use nuclear weapons to eliminate the threat for the existence of our country. so he had an interview with our christiane amanpour last week. we went a beat past what she said to christiane.
shifting. shelling reported around the city of kyiv and heavily damaged irpin. the mayor says it s back under ukrainian control despite being bombed. in mariupol in the southern part of ukraine, tens of thousands of residents are still trapped in the city s rubble. their mayor says a humanitarian evacuation corridor is in the hands of russian soldiers. while all the devastation continues, we re hearing from a kremlin spokesman tonight warning russia would use nuclear weapons if the existence of this country is threatened. we have a security concept that very clearly states that only when atthere is a threat o the existence of our state, we will use nuclear weapons to eliminate the threat for the existence of our country. frightening. hala gorani is here with me in lviv tonight. hala, hello to you.
weapon. we have a security concept that very clearly states that only when when there was a threat for existence of of the state in our country, we can use and we will actually use nuclear weapons to eliminate the threat for the existence of our country. well, as i mentioned before, the southern port city of mariupol has been the scene of intense fighting for weeks now. thousands of civilians are still trapped there, even as russian forces inch closer to taking control. cnn s phil black has more. reporter: russia is so close to taking the prize of mariupol, these soldiers are already celebrating. the flag going up on this local government building is from one of the russian-backed separatist regions in ukraine s east.