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Putin's close ally Dmitry Medvedev once again floated the possibility of Russia launching a nuclear war as its forces struggle against Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin's close confidant and deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, issued a warning on Thursday that a nuclear war may happen if Russia loses its war against Ukraine.
In a Telegram message, the former Russian president threatened NATO partners and other countries before a crucial summit in Germany, when they are expected to offer further military assistance to Ukraine.
Dmitry Medvedev stated that a Russia nuclear war may start if nuclear power is lost in a conventional battle. "Nuclear powers do not lose major conflicts on which their fate depends," he said, underscoring that this condition should be evident to everyone, even to Western politicians. per CNN.
Medvedev was president of Russia from 2008 to 2012. Since the start of the Russia Ukraine war , he acted like he was at war and often brought up the possibility of a nuclear war.
In April, he warned of Russia nuclear war if Sweden and Finland joined NATO, and in September, he suggested strategic nuclear weapons might protect Ukraine-annexed regions, per Fox News.
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His words Thursday, although designed to terrify NATO allies, seem to be a rare acknowledgment from a top Russian official that the Kremlin may lose in Ukraine as Russia Ukraine war near the 11-month mark.
Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said Medvedev's statements should be taken seriously, per an earlier HNGN report.
Moscow's doctrine permits a nuclear attack in response to "aggression" against Russia "when the basic survival of the state is endangered" using conventional weapons.
Ukraine Urges Allies To Send More Tanks
Meanwhile, Kyiv has been urging its Western partners to deliver more sophisticated equipment like Germany's Leopard 2 tank or the American-made M1 Abrams, as per a New York Post story.
Both Russian and Ukrainian troops have mostly used the T-72 combat tank from the Soviet period during the Russia Ukraine war.
Ukrainian authorities say the more powerful tanks would help them break through a front line that has been essentially steady since Ukraine's successful autumn counteroffensive.
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