Medvedev threatens nuclear war again
Dmitry Medvedev: One of Moscow's hardliners since the outbreak of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine (archive photo)
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Former Russian President and current Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev is once again threatening the West with nuclear war. This will happen if Russia is forced back into its 1991 borders.
DFormer Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has again threatened the West with all-out nuclear war if Russia is pushed back to its 1991 borders. In a Telegram post on Sunday, the current vice president of the Security Council reiterated his well-known position that “nuclear powers will never lose a war as long as they protect their homeland.”
In a brief thought experiment, he discusses the case for Ukraine's victory in this war. In his opinion, Ukraine's return to its old borders is against the Russian constitution, especially since the captured territories in Eastern Ukraine and Crimea have already been annexed as permanent parts of Russia.
“Now to the main question: do these idiots (in the West) really believe that the Russian people will accept such a disintegration of their country?” Medvedev wrote. Instead, the Russian armed forces will use their entire arsenal to attack not only Kiev, but also Washington, Berlin or London. “To all other beautiful historical places that long ago entered as targets of our nuclear triad,” Medvedev emphasized.
Medvedev was considered a liberal, moderate politician during his time as head of the Kremlin (2008-2012). Since Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine began nearly two years ago, he has become an extremist and is now one of the West's fiercest critics.
There is no concrete evidence that the Russian leadership is currently planning to use nuclear weapons.
President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of the neighboring country two years ago. Despite several setbacks, Russia still occupies a fifth of Ukraine, including the Crimean peninsula, which it annexed in 2014, and is currently on a winning streak.
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