Russia, China, Britain, U.S. and France say no one can win nuclear war

China, Russia, Britain, the United States and France have agreed that a further spread of nuclear arms and a nuclear war should be avoided, according to a joint statement by the five nuclear states on the U.N. Security Council, published by the Kremlin on Monday.

"We declare there could be no winners in a nuclear war, it should never be started," the Russian-language version of the statement read.