Russia will use only conventional weapons during the invasion of Ukraine. Sergei Lavrov, the head of Russia’s diplomacy, said this on Tuesday in an interview with India Today. TASR reports according to a Bloomberg report. Lavrov’s response for Indian television on Tuesday is one of the most categorical statements by a high-ranking Russian official about the possible use of nuclear weapons in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. However, Russia’s foreign minister is not directly responsible for military decision-making. Western intelligence officials warned that the Kremlin could resort to the use of tactical or other nuclear weapons with limited effect if the invasion of Ukraine did not proceed according to its plans. In an interview with India Today, Lavrov announced the start of the next phase of Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine, which aims to “completely liberate” the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics in eastern Ukraine.