Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that if Russia uses nuclear weapons to attack Ukraine, Western countries will not interfere.

(Associated Press)

[Compiled by Chen Chengliang/Comprehensive report] Dmitri Medvedev, the former president and prime minister of Russia and now the deputy chairman of the Russian Federal Security Council, said on the 27th that Moscow has the right to use nuclear weapons in self-defense, which is "certainly not bluff" .

He also boldly predicted that if Russia uses nuclear weapons against Ukraine, Western countries will not intervene in order to protect themselves.

Dmitry Medvedev warned that Moscow has the right to "do not go through too much" as tensions between Russia and the West escalate due to Russia's referendum on Ukrainian territory, according to Reuters and RIA. Consultation” responds.

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"Let's imagine that Russia is forced to use the most terrifying weapons against the Ukrainian regime, which has committed a massive act of aggression that is a danger to the very existence of our country," he tweeted on social media Telegram.

Medvedev added, "I believe that even in this situation, NATO will not directly intervene in the conflict. After all, the security of Washington, London, Brussels is more to NATO than the fate of dying Ukraine, which no one needs, much more important."

Medvedev stressed that one of the tasks of Russia's "special operations" and partial mobilization is to prevent nuclear weapons from appearing in Russia's hostile countries.

"We will do everything we can to prevent nuclear weapons from appearing in our hostile neighbors. For example, in Nazi Ukraine, which is currently under direct NATO control," he said.