“Russia does not use nuclear weapons in response to enemy attacks because it understands the danger and irreversibility of such a conflict. For now, Moscow is showing patience, but it may end,” wrote Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of the Russian Security Council. The former Russian president also threatened that in response to Ukraine’s use of Western long-range weapons, Russia could turn Kiev into a “big melting bubble.”
In his post, Medvedev once again blamed the West for causing the conflict in Ukraine.
“What do Western leaders and their war-torn political establishment think about our country’s response to possible missile strikes ‘deep within (Russian) territory – editor’s note)’? That the Russians talk a lot about responding with weapons of mass destruction, but do nothing. These are simply “verbal interventions”. The Russians will not overstep the mark. They don’t need a nuclear conflict (…). And anyway – who needs the apocalypse? And other things in the same spirit,” the deputy head of the Russian Security Council wrote on Telegram.
The former Russian president said that “nobody really needs a nuclear conflict. It’s a very bad story with a very difficult ending.”
“Therefore, the decision to use nuclear weapons (non-strategic and especially strategic) has not yet been made. there are formal reasons for this, which are clear to the entire world community and correspond to our doctrine of nuclear deterrence,” he said.
At this point, he pointed to the Ukrainian operation in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. “But Russia is showing patience. After all, it is obvious that a nuclear response is an extremely complex decision with irreversible consequences,” Medvedev wrote.
The former Russian president also threatened to turn Kiev into a “big melting bubble” when Russia’s patience runs out.
