Dmitry Medvetev, deputy chairman of the National Security Council, who is classified as the closest aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said, “If the question of the existence of Russia is raised seriously, it will be decided together with the issue of the survival of human civilization as well as the Ukrainian front.” warned.
According to Russian media Sputnik news agency, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the National Security Council, wrote in the local newspaper Izvestia on the 27th (local time) that “we do not need a world without Russia.”
“There should be no ambiguity here,” Medvedev said, adding that “we don’t need a world without Russia.”
Medvedev also warned that history shows that fallen empires in particular reduced half or more of the world to ashes.
Medvedev’s assertion is interpreted as a threat that if Russia is on the verge of defeat in the Ukraine war, it could cause a nuclear war.
This is not the first time that Russian high-ranking officials have made remarks about the use of nuclear weapons.
On the 19th of last month, Deputy Chairman Medvedev said on his Telegram account, “A defeat by a nuclear power in a conventional war could trigger a nuclear war.” has warned
In December of last year, President Putin said, “If we say that we will not use nuclear weapons first under any circumstances, then it is impossible to use them a second time.” Because it will be drastically limited,” he hinted at the possibility of a preemptive nuclear attack.
In response to the remarks of the Russian leadership on nuclear war, some experts believe that the possibility of a third world war in which military powers possessing nuclear weapons face each other cannot be ruled out. However, there are also many views that Russia is expressing anger and frustration when it failed to find a breakthrough in the Ukraine game.
Source: Donga
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