Medvedev called four reasons for the use of nuclear weapons by Russia

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, in an interview with the French TV channel LCI, listed four reasons for the use of nuclear weapons by Russia. These conditions are set out in paragraph 19 of the document “Fundamentals of State Policy in the Field of Nuclear Deterrence”.

“The launch of nuclear missiles, the use of nuclear weapons, strikes against critical infrastructure that controls nuclear weapons, or other actions that threaten the existence of the state itself. So far, no such action has been observed, listed Medvedev.

The deputy chairman of the Security Council added that Russia has never used tactical nuclear weapons or weapons with depleted uranium, unlike NATO member countries. Such states, according to him, over the past 20-30 years “have actively used it both in Yugoslavia and Iraq.”

“And there is an intrigue around this, and its consequences are very sad. So in this sense, we must first look at what the Western countries did in certain situations. But our response will be consistent with the size of the threats that are put forward against our country,” Medvedev said.

UN Secretary General António Guterres has repeatedly stated the risk of unleashing a nuclear war. According to him, now the danger has reached unprecedented proportions since the height of the Cold War. He noted that humanity is only “one miscalculation” from a nuclear conflict. The UN Secretary General also called for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that the risks of nuclear war are “very significant”, but the countries of the “nuclear five” adhere to the position of the inadmissibility of the use of nuclear weapons. However, in August, Deputy Head of the Russian delegation Andrei Belousov at the review conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons allowedthat in the future, NATO countries may use nuclear weapons under the pretext of “threats to their own vital interests or those of their allies.”