Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons FIRST in World War Three, former PM Dmitry Medvedev warns

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned that the planet is on the brink of nuclear world war and Vladimir Putin is poised to be the first to press the nuclear button.

Medvedev, one of Putin’s closest henchmen, singled out an audience of Russian teenagers to threaten Armageddon – blaming the West for the cliff edge.

Russia has always said it would only use nuclear weapons in response to a nuclear attack, but it has been adamant in recent months that it will not hesitate to do so if necessary.

Medvedev, 57, told his young audience in Moscow that the threat of climate change meant nothing to the possibility of nuclear war.

“The world is sick and on the brink of World War III,” he said.

Dmitry Medvedev is depicted speaking to a young audience in Moscow, where he threatened Armageddon

“And though we tried to avoid war for thirty years, it was forced upon us.”

Medvedev is Putin’s deputy on Russia’s powerful Security Council and a former Kremlin president and prime minister.

He told a questioner at a knowledge marathon, “You said Russia would never be the first to use nuclear weapons — but that’s not quite the case.”

The former president – who had his finger on the Kremlin’s nuclear button for four years between 2008 and 2012 – said: “There are really a lot of things wrong with our world…

“Let’s talk about human preservation…

Enough complaining about the temperature rise of 1 degree per year…

Medvedev, 57, told his young audience in Moscow that the threat of climate change was nothing against the possibility of nuclear war

In the photo: Medvedev with a rifle. He is Putin’s deputy on Russia’s powerful Security Council and a former Kremlin president and prime minister

Pictured: Sarmat ballistic missile launch in April 2022 (file photo). Medvedev told a questioner at a knowledge marathon: ‘You said Russia would never be the first to use nuclear weapons – but that’s not exactly the case’

“Do you really care that much about the climate?”

He added: ‘In my opinion, this is nothing compared to being at the epicenter of an explosion with a temperature of 5,000 Kelvin, a shock wave of 350 meters per second and a pressure of 3,000 kilograms per square meter.

‘With penetrating radiation, that is ionizing radiation, and electromagnetic impulses.

‘This [threat] unfortunately exists today…

And it’s growing day by day for well-known reasons…

“The Western world has been largely unfair to our country…

Medvedev said, “The world is sick and on the brink of World War III. And though we tried to avoid war for thirty years, it was imposed on us’

Deputy Head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev attends a meeting with officials and employees of the military-industrial company “Scientific and Production Machine Building Association” in the city of Reutov in the Moscow region, Russia, on April 25, 2023

Speaking to the audience in Moscow, Medvedev added: “In my opinion, this is nothing compared to being at the epicenter of an explosion with a temperature of 5,000 Kelvin, a shock wave of 350 meters per second and a pressure of 3,000 kilograms per second. square meter’

Medvedev (pictured at the Moscow event) refuses to blame Putin’s aggression in Ukraine for the crisis facing the planet

‘Did they hear us?

‘No they did not.

“They’re just mocking [us] all these years, exhausting us…”

Medvedev refuses to blame Putin’s aggression in Ukraine for the crisis facing the planet.

Instead, he says this was in response to the West’s advance into Russia as NATO expanded eastward.

‘What can we do [in response to NATO’s expansion]?

“We’re already doing something. The special military operation is our answer to the endless expansion of NATO…

“Our enemies only understand the language of using force and do not want to hear or understand anything else.”

He warned that Putin could strike first and referred to Russia’s nuclear doctrine.

“It makes it clear that nuclear weapons can be used if Russia is faced with an act of aggression involving other types of weapons, which threaten the survival of the state,” he said.

“In fact, it involves the use of nuclear weapons in response to such actions.”

Medvedev warned: ‘Our potential opponents should not underestimate this.

All that speculation about how the Russians will never do this or vice versa – “The Russians continue to scare us with the use of nuclear weapons” – is worthless.

“The Western analysts and Western commanders – both military and political leaders – should simply judge our rules and our intentions.”

Medvedev also mocked the UK, claiming it would be torn apart if Ulster joined Ireland and Scotland gained independence with a return to the EU.

“The situation in the UK does not give cause for optimism,” he said.

Speaking at the Moscow event, Medvedev said: “Let’s talk about human preservation… Enough complaining about the temperature rise of 1 degree per year…”

Pictured: Medvedev, 57, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council and president of Russia between 2008 and 2012, clutches a rifle

‘Especially when, so to speak, a freak show is in power.

“Just look at their last three prime ministers [Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak]’.

Medvedev’s comments come as the State Department’s chief of nuclear nonproliferation, Vladimir Yermakov, told the TASS news agency that Washington is increasing risks through its behavior with the Kremlin — the latest in a series of threats from Russia. top officials.

He said the risks of a direct military confrontation between the two nuclear powers are steadily rising as he suggested to Russia’s state news agency that Russia could withdraw from an intermediate- and shorter-range nuclear missile treaty.

If the United States continues on its current course of confrontation with Russia, with the stakes continuing to escalate and poised to slide into direct armed conflict, the fate of START may be a foregone conclusion. said Yermakov. .