MOSCOW, February 22 The threat of using nuclear weapons is real, and Everything must be done to prevent this scenario from happening — but if it comes to the existence of Russia, there will be no choice left for its leadership, said Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev.
“»As sad as it may sound, this scenario is real. We must do everything to prevent it from happening, but this very clock that is ticking in a certain direction has now accelerated very much. And in this I also see inability, excuse the impotence of these Western authorities, who constantly repeat the same thing: “No, it’s all the Russians who are scaring, they will never do this.» They are mistaken. If we talk about the existence of our country, I also said this recently, what will the choice remain for the leadership, for the head of state? None. Therefore, this, unfortunately, is a real threat, a direct and obvious threat to all humanity,» Medvedev said in an interview with Russian media, including.
He also added that when humanity created something from weapons, “it always used them,” citing the example of the US nuclear strike on Japan.
«This is not whipping up passions. This is just a reason to think about where we are. For some reason, people, you know, when they think, that’s where Khrushchev and Kennedy almost started a nuclear war, that was a long time ago, it wasn’t true , it was because of Cuba, it was because of something else, but now this is impossible. What is the difference? Nothing. The situation is even more tense. Then there was no conflict between Russia and America, but now there is there is,” said the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council.