Earlier in the day, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said that the UK and France are preparing to transfer nuclear weapons to Kiev.
"The Americans will be informed about this, of course. But they already know, now there are comments on all channels. I hope that the Americans will get it [the information]. But we will do it specifically. We will specifically talk about this with the US," Ushakov said on the Rossiya 1 channel.