Russia’s former PM has warned his country would have to use nuclear weapons if Ukraine’s counteroffensive succeeded.
“Just imagine that the NATO-supported ukrobanderovtsy’s offensive turned out successful, and they took away a part of our land: then we would have to, following the President’s degree of 02.06.2020, use the nuclear weapon,” wrote Dmitry Medvedev on Twitter.
“There would simply be no other way out.”
Once a West-leaning, liberal voice inside Russia, Medvedev has routinely hits the headlines for his bellicose and inflammatory statements about the Ukraine war and its Western allies.
In May, he claimed the Baltic states – Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania – belonged to Russia, adding Poland was “temporarily occupied”.
In Sunday’s Tweet, Medvedev claimed Russia’s armed forces were “defending Russia citizens and our land”.
“It’s quite clear to all decent people”.
‘War coming to Russia’ – Zelenskyy
The war in Ukraine is coming “to Russia”, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday, following a drone strike on Moscow.
“Gradually, war is returning to the territory of Russia, to its symbolic centres and military bases, and this is an inevitable, natural and absolutely just process,” he said during his daily address, on the sidelines of a visit to western Ukraine.
“Ukraine is getting stronger,” he added, warning Moscow should prepare for new attacks on its energy infrastructure this winter.
Last year, Russia systematically targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. This left large numbers of Ukrainians without power and heating during the dark depths of winter.
