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General Category => World News => Topic started by: mystery-ak on January 20, 2023, 04:25:43 pm
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Russia threatens nuclear war if it loses in Ukraine
By Evan Simko-Bednarski
January 19, 2023 1:34pm
A Kremlin insider warned Thursday that Russia could start a nuclear war if it lost its conventional war in Ukraine.
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia’s security council and a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, made the threat in a post on the Telegram messaging app.
“The loss by a nuclear power in a conventional war can provoke the outbreak of a nuclear war,” Medvedev wrote in a post criticizing Western powers ahead of a Friday meeting in Germany to discuss further military support for Ukraine.
Medvedev, who served as Russia’s president from 2008 to 2012, added, “The nuclear powers do not lose major conflicts on which their fate depends.”
Dozens of Ukraine’s allies are set to meet Friday at Ramstein air base in Germany to discuss the next round of military aid to Ukraine, ahead of an expected increase in fighting in the spring.
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https://nypost.com/2023/01/19/russia-threatens-nuclear-war-if-it-loses-in-ukraine/
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Mad Vlad, go for it. See you in Hell.
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Medvedev, who served as Russia’s president from 2008 to 2012, added, “The nuclear powers do not lose major conflicts on which their fate depends.”
Then it's a good thing that Russia's fate isn't dependent on whether or not they can conquer Ukraine.
Russia was existing perfectly well before it invaded Crimea in 2014, and would continue to exist if it returned to its own pre-2014 borders.