Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia's National Security Council, said on Friday that Russia will win in Ukraine and is ready to reach Poland's borders.
Medvedev added - in a post on his account on the Telegram application - on the one-year anniversary of the start of what Moscow calls a special military operation in Ukraine, that "push the borders of threats to our country as far as possible, even if that is the borders of Poland," which has common borders with Ukraine.
He added that "difficult and complex negotiations will take place after Russia's victory," considering that decisions on the part of Ukraine are dictated by the countries that supply it with weapons.
The Russian official also said that those who support Kiev will resort to negotiations sooner or later in order to settle the situation, as he put it.
In the past few months, the deputy head of the Russian Security Council made several statements that included, in particular, hinting at the use of nuclear weapons in the context of the current confrontation with the West.
On Wednesday, Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia may be "torn apart" if it stops the "special military operation" in Ukraine without achieving victory, adding that his country will defend itself with all weapons, including nuclear weapons, if the United States wants to defeat it.
The former Russian president was described in the past as a liberal figure in the Russian regime, but he became a staunch advocate of the Russian attack on Ukraine, and his criticism of the Western powers standing with Kiev was frequent.