Deputy Chairman of the Russian National Security Council Dmitry Medvedev:
We will do our best to prevent the emergence of nuclear weapons in our hostile neighbors such as the current NATO-controlled Ukraine
Russia has the right to use nuclear weapons if necessary
If the threat to Russia crosses the red line, we will have to respond and it is definitely not a hoax
The security of Washington, London and Brussels is far more important to NATO than the fate of the ephemeral Ukraine that no one needs