Things have not been quiet on the Russian nuclear war threat front, even while the present media cycle has been feeding on climate change hysteria. Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, said to be Putin’s mouth piece, said that if the Ukraine in its counter-offensive does capture Russian land, Russia will not hesitate to use nuclear weapons. Things have escalated with the Ukraine launching drone attacks within Russia with a Moscow skyscraper being attacked by drones for the second time in two days. While the damage was not great, it hurt the pride of the Russian military. Vladimir Putin in June of 2020 laid out the Kremlin’s position on “nuclear deterrence’”:
“The Russian Federation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in response to the use of nuclear and other types of weapons of mass destruction against it and/or its allies, as well as in the event of aggression against the Russian Federation with the use of conventional weapons when the very existence of the state is in jeopardy.” The Ukraine is presently attempting to recapture land illegally annexed by Russia in the Donetsk region and the Crimean Peninsula, and arguably, that could be grounds for a nuclear strike. Then, it’s on.