Russian State Media: Ukraine tells EU leaders: Prepare for War. P. 2902 One Year Since the Invasion: A Re-cap

Sooooo Russia is losing then? 70-80k in 5 / 6 months is a lot. Doesn’t look like China is gonna bite and attack the islands. Doom evaded for now?

Russian media is claiming that former President and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said that current President Vladimir Putin has given the go-ahead for nuclear strikes in Ukraine

One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest aides has warned him that the West is seeking to “destroy Russia ”.

The worrying message came from former-president Dmitry Medvedev, and was part of a rant about using nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

He is now the deputy head of the Russian security council.

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According to local media reports, he has portrayed the West acting in an "extremely aggressive" geopolitical assault on Moscow.

"Their goal is the same - to destroy Russia,” he warned.

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