{"id":1986774,"date":"2023-07-31T12:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T16:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russias-medvedev-threatens-nuclear-attack-if-ukrainian-counteroffensive-successful\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:37:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T16:37:58","slug":"russias-medvedev-threatens-nuclear-attack-if-ukrainian-counteroffensive-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russias-medvedev-threatens-nuclear-attack-if-ukrainian-counteroffensive-successful\/","title":{"rendered":"Medvedev warns of nuclear retaliation if Ukraine counteroffensive succeeds."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussias-medvedev-threatens-nuclear-attack-if-ukrainian-counteroffensive-successful%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1986774&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Threatens Nuclear Attack<\/h2>\n<p>Former Russian President Dmitry\u2063 Medvedev, who has \u200bpreviously threatened the\u200d use of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-call-on-biden-to-relinquish-sole-authority-over-nuclear-strikes\/\" title=\"Democrats Call On Biden To Relinquish Sole Authority Over Nuclear Strikes\">nuclear attack<\/a>, made \u200ca shocking statement on Sunday. He warned that Moscow would have no\u200d choice\u2064 but\u2063 to launch a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pm-netanyahu-israel-will-not-allow-iran-to-obtain-a-nuclear-weapon\/\" title=\"PM Netanyahu: Israel will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon\">nuclear weapon<\/a> if Kyiv&#8217;s counteroffensive is\u200d successful.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev,\u200b who is deputy chairman of Russia&#8217;s\u200d Security Council, took to X, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-a-sinner-not-a-saint-nancy-mace-excuses-joking-about-premarital-sex-at-prayer-breakfast\/\" title=\"Nancy Mace: I'm flawed, not perfect! Excuses jesting about premarital sex at prayer breakfast.\">popular social media \u2063platform<\/a>, to express his concerns.\u2062 He \u200bsuggested that if Ukraine were \u2063to\u200c reclaim territory currently\u2064 under Russian occupation, Moscow may \u200bbe forced to resort to nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Just \u200dimagine that the NATO-supported\u2064 ukrobanderovtsy\u2019s offensive\u200b turned out \u200dsuccessful, and they took\u2064 away a part of our land,&#8221; Medvedev posted. &#8220;Then we would have to \u2062&#8230; use the \u2064nuclear weapon. There would simply be no other way out. That\u2019s why our enemies \u200bmust worship our\u2064 warriors. They are \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russias-medvedev-threatens-nuclear-attack-if-ukrainian-counteroffensive-successful\/\" title=\"Medvedev warns of nuclear retaliation if Ukraine counteroffensive succeeds.\">keeping global nuclear fire<\/a> from flaring up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s nuclear doctrine states that nuclear weapons can be used\u200d in response to aggression \u200bagainst Russia, particularly if conventional\u200b weapons\u200d pose a threat to the country&#8217;s existence.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev has\u200b a history of issuing threatening comments \u200bthroughout the war. He previously called\u2063 for an &#8220;inhumane&#8221; response following a Ukrainian attack on the Kerch Bridge in Crimea and \u200dthe\u200c assassination of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n<p>These \u200drecent remarks\u200d from Medvedev come in the midst of a more \u2064forceful counterattack from Ukrainian forces.\u200d After preserving some capabilities and weapons, they have now unleashed \u200btheir strength.\u200d Additionally,\u2064 Russia has reported thwarting several strikes and \u2063attacks within \u2062their own \u200bterritory, which they attribute to Ukraine. This highlights a potential escalation in\u2062 the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Zelensky \u200balso weighed in on the situation, stating, &#8220;Ukraine is \u200cgetting stronger. Gradually, the war is returning to the territory of Russia \u2014 to its symbolic centers and military bases, and this is an inevitable,\u200d natural, and absolutely fair\u200b process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Read more from\u2063 The Washington \u200dExaminer:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"#\">Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia&#8217;s Security Council, warned that Moscow would resort to a nuclear attack if Kyiv&#8217;s counteroffensive succeeds. 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