“Nobody wants a nuclear conflict, but all patience has its limits”

Deputy head of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, The US warned on Saturday that his country’s patience has a limit when it comes to the use of nuclear weapons, if the West authorizes Ukraine the use of long-range missiles against targets on Russian territory.

“Russia is being patient. After all, it is clear that a nuclear response is an extremely complex decision with irreversible consequences (…), but All patience has a limit“, he wrote on his Telegram channel.

He stressed that “Nobody wants a nuclear conflict”which is why “no decision has yet been taken” on the use of nuclear weapons, whether strategic or tactical.

“Although, let’s be frank, there are formal conditions for them that are understandable to the entire international community and correspond to our doctrine of nuclear deterrence. For example, the same Kursk“he said, referring to the border region where Ukrainian troops control nearly a hundred towns.

The former Russian president, known for his outbursts on social media, paraphrased Western leaders by saying: “The Russians talk a lot about responding with weapons of mass destruction, but they do nothing (…) The Russians will not cross the line.”

Instead, he said that Western analysts who warn that Moscow is right could resort to new generation weaponssupposedly referring to hypersonic weapons.

“And so, that’s it. A gigantic grey melted spot on the site of the mother of (all) Russian cities” (kyiv), he concluded at the end of his message, adding in English: “It’s impossible, but it happened.”

Russia attacks Ukraine all night

Last night, Russia attacked Ukraine with more than 70 Iranian drones Shahedincluding the region of kyivwhere fragments of an unmanned aerial vehicle fell on the premises of a utility company, and in Odessa, where damage was reported to several buildings.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched a total of 76 drones over Ukraine, of which 72 were shot down in the regions of Odessa, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Poltava, Kharkiv, kyiv, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Dnipro, Cherkasy, Vinitsa, and Sumy.

In addition, two enemy drones were lost in Ukraine and two others returned to Russia, kyiv said.

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr ZelenskyHe thanked the soldiers of the Army Air Force, the mobile artillery groups and the anti-aircraft defence, who, he said, “defended the Ukrainians throughout the night.”

“We need more capabilities to strengthen our air defense, air defense and long-range capabilities to continue protecting lives and our people. We are working on this with all of Ukraine’s partners,” he said on his Telegram account.