Deputy Head of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, He warned on Saturday that his country’s patience had a limit when it came to resorting to nuclear weapons, should the West allow Ukraine to do so. the use of long-range missiles against targets on Russian territory.
“Russia is showing patience. After all, it is clear that a nuclear response is an extremely complex decision, with irreversible consequences (…), but All patience has a limit” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
He stressed that “Nobody wants a nuclear conflict”This is why “no decision has yet been taken” on the use of nuclear weapons, whether strategic or tactical.
“Even if, let’s be frank, formal conditions are set for them, which are understandable to the entire international community and correspond to our doctrine of nuclear deterrence. For example, the same Kursk“, he stressed, referring to the border region in which Ukrainian troops control almost a hundred towns.
The former Russian president, known for his social media outbursts, paraphrased Western leaders, saying: “The Russians talk a lot about retaliating with weapons of mass destruction, but they do nothing (…) “The Russians will not cross the line.”
Rather, he believes that those who are right are the Western analysts who warn that Moscow could resort to new generation weaponsallegedly referring to hypersonic weapons.
“And that’s it. A giant gray spot melted in place of the mother of (all) Russian cities” (kyiv), he concluded at the end of his message, in which he added in English: “It is impossible, but it happened.”
Russia attacks Ukraine all night
Last night Russia attacked Ukraine with more than 70 Iranian Shahed dronesincluding the region of Kyivwhere fragments of an unmanned aerial vehicle fell on the facilities of a utility company, and in Odessa, where damage was reported to several buildings.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched a total of 76 drones over Ukraine, 72 of which were shot down in the regions of Odessa, Mykolayiv, Kherson, Poltava, Kharkiv, kyiv, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Dnipro, Cherkassy, Vinitsia, and Sumi.
In addition, two enemy drones were lost on the territory of Ukraine and two others were sent back to Russia, kyiv said.
The Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskythanked the soldiers of the military aviation, mobile artillery groups and anti-aircraft defense, who, he said, “defended the Ukrainians all night long.”
“We need more capabilities to strengthen our air defense shield, our air defense and our long-range capabilities to continue protecting lives and our populations. We are working on this with all of Ukraine’s partners,” he said on his Telegram account.
