Russia has self-defense rights with nuclear weapons, Ukraine attack scenario = former president | Reuters

On September 27, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Security Council, said Russia has the right to defend itself with nuclear weapons if its limits are exceeded. Medvedev on the left of the photo. Taken in Moscow on the 20th. Photo provided (2022 REUTERS/Sputnik/Konstantin Zavrazhin/Pool via REUTERS)

LONDON (Archyde.com) – Russia has the right to defend itself with nuclear weapons if its limits are exceeded, ex-Russia President Medvedev said on Monday, saying it was “not a joke”. Stated.

In addition to presenting a scenario of a nuclear attack on Ukraine, even under such circumstances, the US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will not directly intervene in the Ukraine conflict for fear of “nuclear apocalypse”. It pointed out.

“Imagine Russia being forced to use its most terrifying weapon once morest the Ukrainian regime that has committed a massive and existential aggression once morest our nation,” he wrote on Telegram.

Medvedev said Russia had the right to respond “without much consultation” amid heightened tensions with the West over a referendum on Russia’s annexation of occupied territories in Ukraine.

In recent months, he has made a series of offensive remarks once morest Western countries and Ukraine.