Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president, has given a dire warning, threatening that if Ukraine’s counteroffensive is successful, Moscow would deploy nuclear weapons as a nuclear threat.
He highlighted that a worldwide nuclear disaster is presently being stopped by the Russian military forces. Sunday saw a rise in hostilities between Russia and Ukraine after Ukrainian drones damaged two office buildings close to the Kremlin and a pig breeding facility near the border.
Ukrainian Authorities Silent Amid Expanding Conflict
The already tense situation was heightened by this being the third such incident in a week. A potential scenario in which a NATO-backed operation ends in a successful territory annexation by Ukraine alarmed Medvedev.
He said that in such a scenario, Russia would be forced to use nuclear weapons as a last option. The deployment of the autonomous undersea vehicle Poseidon, which is equipped with nuclear weapons, added to the complexity of the issue and sparked more worries about a possible escalation.
Although President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recognized that the battle seemed to be creeping closer to Russian territory, targeting symbolic sites and military posts, which he believed necessary and justified, Ukrainian authorities stayed mute about the strikes in the thick of the expanding conflict.
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Russian Legislators Bolster Military Amid Escalation
African leaders met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate the restart of the Black Sea grain trade, which had been hampered by Russian strikes on Ukrainian ports and grain facilities, in the middle of the current conflict.
Russian legislators have moved to strengthen their military capabilities as a result of the situation’s extreme escalation. They expanded their reserve forces by making the required military service age restriction 30 years old and prohibiting draftees from fleeing the nation.
Due to unexpected oil and gas earnings from the prior year and the agility of commodity exporters in avoiding new limitations, Russia looked to be financially healthy despite Western sanctions.
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