19 January 2023 , 15:08
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One of Vladimir Putin's henchmen has directly threatened the West with nuclear war if Russia is defeated in Ukraine.
Dmitry Medvedev, who has been serving as the deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020, appeared to be warning NATO leaders to halt supplies of major new arms to Kyiv.
Medvedev, who served as Russian president from 2008 to 2012 and prime minister between 2012 and 2020, said: "Tomorrow at the Ramstein base in [Germany], the great military leaders will discuss new tactics and strategy, as well as deliveries of new heavy weapons and strike systems to Ukraine.
"And this is right after the Davos Forum, where underdeveloped [Western] political party goers repeat like a mantra: 'To achieve peace, Russia must lose'."
Dmitry Medvedev with Vladimir Putin (Getty Images)If Russia loses, it would trigger nuclear war, said Medvedev, as he strongly implied his boss Putin's and Russia's "fate" depends on him not being defeated in the bloody war he launched 11 months ago.
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He added: "It doesn't occur to any of the wretches to draw the following elementary conclusion: That the loss of a nuclear power in a conventional war could provoke a nuclear war.
"Nuclear powers have not lost major conflicts on which their fate depends. And this should be obvious to anyone. Even a Western politician with any trace of intelligence."
This is a test launch of Zircon nuclear-capable Mach 9 hypersonic missile (Russian Ministry of Defence/east2west news)Some analysts see Medvedev as positioning himself for a new run at the Kremlin presidency if Putin is forced out by ill health.
Medvedev recently threatened jail to Russian arms manufacturer bosses who failed to deliver missiles and tanks on time for the war in Ukraine.
His anger highlighted official desperation to get more weapons to the frontline as the West increases its battlefield aid to Ukraine, especially with the arrival of tanks from NATO nations.
Some analysts see Medvedev as positioning himself for a new run at the Kremlin presidency (Getty Images)As he inspected the 61st Armoured Vehicle Repair Plant in St Petersburg, he warned: "The tasks here are obvious, and they need to be promptly addressed, in no way allowing for the disruption of approved deadlines."
He blasted failures to supply military equipment on time.
"In the case of repeat violations, let me remind you that special criminal punishment has been introduced [under] the Russian criminal code," he said, alluding to ten-year jail sentences.
Dmitry Medvedev, center, accompanied by plant's managing director Vladimir Lebedev visits the 61st Armored Repair Plant in St. Petersburg (Ekaterina Shtukina/AP/REX/Shutterstock)Earlier today, we reported that Putin ordered a batch of at least 21 new mobile crematoriums from China amid expectations of huge new Russian war losses.
The aim is to deploy them with the armed forces and hide the scale of deaths of mobilised troops from the public, according to a report.
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Telegram channel General SVR warns that the Kremlin is ready for its toll of "irretrievable losses" in the war to rise to 220,000 by May 1.