Medvedev: deliveries of destructive weapons to Kyiv increase the risks of a “nuclear apocalypse”

Further military assistance to Ukraine from the West leads to a prolongation of the conflict, and the more “destructive” the supplied weapons, the higher the risk of a “nuclear apocalypse”. This statement was made by Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev.

“The more weapons that are supplied, the more dangerous the world will be, and the more destructive these weapons are, the more likely the scenario of what is commonly called a nuclear apocalypse becomes,” he warned (quote according to TASS).

Medvedev added that the strengthening of Ukraine’s military potential only leads to an increase in the number of casualties and prolongation of hostilities.

At the summit of the leaders of the G7 countries (USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan), which took place on May 19-21 in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, an agreement was announced to supply fourth-generation American-made F-16 fighter jets to Kiev. The training of Ukrainian pilots has already begun in several countries, informed earlier today, May 23, the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell.

In the Kremlin declaredthat the supply of fighter jets to Kyiv will not change the situation on the line of contact. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov pointed to the continuation of an increasing spiral of providing the Armed Forces of Ukraine with new weapons. According to him, Russia is facing a similar situation “turn after turn”, and Western countries are increasingly involved in the conflict in Ukraine.