Former Russian President Medvedev Says Moscow Will Defend New Territories With Nuclear Weapons

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Stability Council Medvedev attends a assembly in Moscow

Reuters: Russia’s Medvedev: new regions can be defended with strategic nuclear weapons 

LONDON (Reuters) -Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev stated on Thursday that any weapons in Moscow’s arsenal, which include strategic nuclear weapons, could be made use of to protect territories included in Russia from Ukraine. 

Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Safety Council, explained that referendums becoming organized by Russian-installed and separatist authorities in substantial swathes of Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory will take position, and that “there is no going back again”:

“The Donbas (Donetsk and Luhansk) republics and other territories will be recognized into Russia.”

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WNU Editor: Moscow is now dampening fears on making use of nuclear weapons …. Moscow “not threatening any one” with nuclear weapons – Russia’s Ryabkov (Reuters). Additional below …. Russian officers play down Putin’s nuclear risk (Al Jazeera). 

On Russian news channels it is all doom and gloom …. Russian point out Television tells viewers nuclear war is probably – ‘Everyone dies’ (Yahoo News). 

Previous Russian President Medvedev Suggests Moscow Will Defend New Territories With Nuclear Weapons

Russia WILL use its most highly effective nukes to protect ‘new territories’ in Ukraine, Putin ally insists as he warns the West ‘there is no likely back’ — Each day Mail
 

Russia can use nuclear weapons to ‘defend’ new territories, warns Medvedev — The Impartial
 

Russia can protect new locations with nuclear weapons: Medvedev — Al Jazeera
 

Russia Safety Chief Threatens Nuclear Choice To Protect New Territories — Zero Hedge