Medvedev: Russia’s nuclear shield helps to calm down those who are pushing for a Third World Country that has taken a “frankly hostile position” towards Moscow, trying to push it to a Third World, but they are “reassured” by the presence of a nuclear shield in Russia, Medvedev said
Russia’s nuclear shield helps “calm down” those who are trying to push the country to the Third World War “or some other problems”, said Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev.
According to him, Moscow sees similar attempts “by those states that have taken an openly hostile position towards our country, and those who use Russophobic rhetoric” (quoted by RIA Novosti).
“The historical merit of those who worked here is precisely that a reliable nuclear shield was created for Russia and our allies. And this shield has been ensuring our independence for a large number of years,” he said at a meeting in Sarov about the prospects for the development of the National Center for Physics and Mathematics.
Last week, Medvedev said that sending Western weapons and mercenaries to Ukraine, as well as NATO exercises near the Russian borders, increase the likelihood of a direct and open conflict with the North Atlantic Alliance, which always has the risk of going into a full-fledged nuclear war.. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded by saying that everyone is trying to avoid such an outcome, but Russia will be ready to give the “most decisive response” to any attempts to “get into Ukraine and into a special military operation”.
On April 25, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that he considered the risks of a nuclear war to be “very significant.” At the same time, a month earlier, he said that he did not believe in its possible beginning. “The nuclear topic in the context of the events that have unfolded in Ukraine in recent years and have escalated literally in recent months and weeks, the nuclear topic was thrown into this discourse exclusively by Western representatives, primarily NATO members,” the minister pointed out.
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Lavrov stressed that Russia is committed to the thesis of the inadmissibility of nuclear war. Medvedev noted at the end of March that a country can use nuclear weapons in four cases: if a missile strike using nuclear weapons is carried out on the country; any other use of nuclear weapons against the country orallies; encroachment on critical infrastructure; an act of aggression against Russia or its allies when the existence of the country was threatened. The Kremlin also pointed out that Russia’s use of nuclear weapons is possible only in the event of a threat to its existence, which is reflected in the concept of national security.
On February 27, three days after the start of the military operation in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deterrence forces, which include nuclear forces, to be put on special alert. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to the President that the strategic forces have begun enhanced duty.
The Pentagon stated that they see no reason to change the state of the American strategic deterrence forces. At the same time, according to the head of the department, Lloyd Austin, the Russian nuclear arsenal poses “significant problems” for the United States.
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