Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned of an impending “apocalypse” if the West continues to send arms to Ukraine to help the country in its fight against invading Russian forces.
Medvedev claims that the potential global nuclear catastrophe would last for decades until the rubble ceases to emit radiation, reiterating previous threats of nuclear war with Kyiv’s allies.
Medvedev’s latest comments are seen as an attempt to deter the NATO military alliance and Kyiv’s Western allies from getting more involved in the year-long war.
Putin’s nuclear warning last week and his Sunday remarks framed Moscow’s confrontation with the West as an existential battle for the survival of Russia and the Russian people.
Kyiv and its NATO allies claim that the invasion is an imperialistic land grab, and that the only aggressor in the conflict is Russia, which repeatedly denied planning military action in the months and weeks before February 24, 2022.
Medvedev, who serves as deputy chairman of Putin’s powerful security council, said that the West could continue sending weapons and prevent any possibility of reviving negotiations, which would lead to a total fiasco.
Russia has frequently used the looming threat of its nuclear arsenal to try and scare the West into stopping its supply of weapons to Ukraine.
Late last week, Putin announced Russia’s suspension of its participation in the New Start program with the US, which limits the two sides’ strategic nuclear arsenals.
The New Start treaty caps the number of strategic nuclear warheads that the US and Russia can deploy, and the deployment of land-and submarine-based missiles and bombers.
Russia has the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world, with close to 6,000 warheads. Together, Russia and the US hold around 90 per cent of the world’s nuclear warheads.
Meanwhile, China has been warned by the US of serious consequences if it provides arms to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Kyiv’s top general visited the frontline town of Bakhmut where Ukrainian defenders were holding out against constant attacks, and Western fears of China helping to arm Russia come as Moscow’s forces struggle to make gains around key objectives in eastern Ukraine.
Beijing has refused to condemn Moscow’s attack on Ukraine, most recently at a meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20) in India. It published a ceasefire proposal on Friday, the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the offer was met with scepticism among Ukraine’s Western allies.
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