Russia's Medvedev warns of nuclear fallout if Russia defeated by NATO arms in Ukraine - Fox News

Ardent state of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Deputy president of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev connected Thursday warned NATO allies that a decision for Russia successful Ukraine could provoke a atomic war. 

"The nonaccomplishment of a atomic powerfulness successful a accepted warfare tin provoke the opening of a atomic war," helium said successful a Telegram station arsenic Western officials convene for different gathering with the Ukraine Defense Contact Group astatine Ramstein Air Base successful Germany.

"Nuclear powers person [never] mislaid large conflicts connected which their destiny depends," the Kremlin authoritative added. 

DONETSK OBLAST, UKRAINE - JANUARY 18: Ukrainian tankers transportation retired attraction connected their tanks connected the Donbass frontline arsenic subject mobility continues wrong the Russian-Ukrainian warfare connected January 18, 2023.  (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Medvedev, who besides served arsenic president of Russia from 2008 to 2012, has repeatedly threatened the usage of atomic weapons. 

Though his comments connected Russia’s theoretical decision successful Ukraine whitethorn amusement that the Kremlin is progressively disquieted astir its quality to triumph Putin’s warfare arsenic Western enactment for Kyiv continues to rotation in. 

The U.S. is expected to denote different $3 cardinal antiaircraft assistance bundle for Ukraine Friday aft Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin meets with allies successful Germany, aggregate U.S. officials told Fox News. 

President Putin said connected Jan. 18, 2023, helium had "no doubt" Moscow would look victorious successful Ukraine, contempt subject setbacks successful the astir year-long offensive.  (ILYA PITALEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

The announcement would travel conscionable 2 weeks aft Washington committed a abstracted $3 cardinal bundle and pledged to nonstop Bradley Fighting Vehicles and different subject vehicles suited for combat similar armored Personnel Carriers, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles and High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly pleaded with allied nations to nonstop tanks to assistance his troops connected the front, peculiarly successful the Donbas, though Abrams M1 tanks are inactive not expected to beryllium included successful the latest package. 

Stryker armored combat vehicles, artillery and further ammunitions are expected to beryllium among the latest assistance Washington volition denote Friday.

The U.K., France and Poland person pledged to nonstop tanks to Ukraine arsenic the U.S. and Germany look mounting unit to reply Zelenskyy’s calls for what is needed astatine the front. 

A Ukrainian worker drives a vessel connected the Donbass frontline arsenic subject mobility continues wrong the Russian-Ukrainian warfare connected Jan. 18, 2023.  (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Germany this week faced renewed planetary ire aft it suggested it would lone deploy tanks to Ukraine if the U.S. did truthful arsenic well.

"Here are times wherever we shouldn't hesitate oregon shouldn't compare. When idiosyncratic says, 'I volition springiness tanks if idiosyncratic other volition besides stock tanks.' I don't deliberation this is the close strategy to spell with," Zelenskyy said successful a Davos video league Thursday reported DW.