The American magazine "Newsweek" published that former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issued a stark nuclear warning to America and its allies, accusing them of wanting to take advantage of the military conflict in Ukraine in order to dismantle Russia and exclude it from the political sphere.
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, the magazine quoted one of the messages of Medvedev, Deputy Secretary of the Russian National Security Council on Telegram, after the funeral of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev last week: “These are the dirty dreams of Anglo-Saxon perverts who sleep with a secret idea about the disintegration of our state, and think how to tear us apart and cut us into pieces. small parts".
Medvedev added that such attempts are dangerous and should not be underestimated, "These dreamers ignore a simple axiom: the strong disintegration of a nuclear power is always like playing chess with death, when it is known precisely when the game ends, which is like the day of the end of mankind."
Medvedev was also quoted by the magazine as saying, "It seems that Ukraine and the West are ready to arrange a new Chernobyl," with growing fears that Russian activity at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant could lead to a nuclear reaction.
If they feel a threat to my existence
Newsweek said other Russian politicians have left the door open to Russia's use of nuclear weapons in the midst of war, even though President Vladimir Putin usually uses more measured rhetoric.
In March, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said Russia would use nuclear weapons if leaders felt their country faced an "existential threat".
She explained that the main concern of American national security experts is that Russia may resort to nuclear weapons if it feels trapped by the Ukrainian advance.
Russia has sent conflicting messages about nuclear war, with Putin warning in August that no one would win a nuclear war, while his allies attacked the West with nuclear threats.
The American magazine noted that US leaders condemned the Russian attack on Ukraine and Putin's leadership of Russia, but did not call for any "dismantling" of Russia, or any offensive action against it, because direct military action against Moscow would significantly escalate nuclear tensions. .