Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warns against nucler conflict as the West keep instigating the war in Ukraine

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warns against a “quite probable” nuclear conflict and claims that the conflict with the West will “last decades.”

In an article that appeared in the government-affiliated newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Medvedev, the deputy head of President Vladimir Putin’s Security Council, claimed that an apocalyptic scenario is not only possible but also quite likely.

He has repeatedly cautioned that Western backing for Ukraine could make the possibility of nuclear war inevitable, a conflict Medvedev believes would have no winners.

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The potential for a protracted conflict, according to the former Russian president, could be avoided if there were serious negotiations between the two parties.

Significant disagreements over Ukraine and the makeup of the international order are two sources of tension, according to Medvedev.
The United States and its Western allies have been supplying Kyiv with military hardware worth tens of billions of dollars ever since the conflict in Ukraine began in February 2022. In addition to communication systems and tanks and armored vehicles, reports also suggest that F-16 fighter jets may be supplied.

Given its existential importance to Moscow, Medvedev warned that the conflict in Ukraine could turn “permanent.”

Despite Moscow’s warnings that the military support will only make the conflict worse, the West has pledged to support Kyiv for however long is necessary.

Additionally, Medvedev reaffirmed Moscow’s commitment to blocking Ukraine’s accession to NATO. Moscow will succeed “one way or another” in removing the threat posed by Ukraine joining NATO, he claimed.”

Additionally, NATO’s expansion to the east, particularly its courtship of former Soviet republics like Ukraine and Georgia, has drawn harsh criticism from President Vladimir Putin.

Ukraine was last given the chance to join NATO in 2008, but only if it complied with the requirements outlined in a Membership Action Plan.