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Even before the threats of “nuclear retaliation,” the ex-president recalled the recent Russian attacks on Ukraine, in which more than three dozen people were killed. But Russia repeatedly claims that it does not attack civilians. According to Medvedev, these were “attacks against military targets” and evidence of the “successful and effective work of the Russian defense industrial complex.”
“We deployed different carriers with different warheads. That is, with the exception of nuclear ones, at least for now,” he said at a meeting of the Russian parliament’s military and defense committee, according to Reuters.
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Moscow monument to the first mass-produced Soviet tactical nuclear bomb RDS-4, nicknamed Tatiana.
“This is not about the right to self-defense, but about a direct and clear reason for us to use nuclear weapons against such a state,” Medvedev said. “In doing so, they risk activating Article 19 of the Russian nuclear doctrine,” he explained.
Section 19 is behind the threat
According to Article 19(g), Russia can use nuclear weapons even if the enemy uses conventional weapons if the existence of the state is threatened.
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The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (START) was signed in Prague in April 2010 by US and Russian Presidents Barack Obama (left) and Dmitry Medvedev.
Medvedev, who appeared to be a liberal reformer during his presidency and signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (START) with then-White House chief Barack Obama in April 2010, has repeatedly threatened nuclear attacks. According to him, Russia could use them, for example, in the event that the Ukrainians liberate territories “attached” to Russia. In his opinion, however, nuclear weapons prevent a Western attack on Russia and thus a global conflict.
Medvedev made it even stronger: only Lviv remains of Ukraine
Russia and the USA are the world’s largest nuclear powers. Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin controls 5,889 nuclear warheads, according to Reuters, while US President Joe Biden controls about 5,244 nuclear warheads, according to the Federation of American Scientists.
Putin put Russia’s nuclear forces on special alert at the start of the invasion of Ukraine, threatening that Russia might use them if its territorial integrity was violated. However, Chinese President Xi Jinping has reportedly personally warned Putin against such a move.
If the Ukrainians succeed, we will resort to nuclear weapons, Medvedev threatens again
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