 ex-russian president warns of nuclear apocalypse the west is endangering the very existence of human civilization by threatening moscow former russian president dmitry medvedev has claimed continued support for ukraine from the us and its allies could result in a nuclear apocalypse he warned a great achievement of the soviet and russian leadership in the early 1990s was that it was able to preserve the country's nuclear potential after the collapse of the ussr medvedev argued in an article published in his vestia newspaper the west is delusional if it thinks that after putting the soviet union to rest it will be able to also bury modern russia without significant problems for itself by throwing the lives of thousands of people involved in the conflict in ukraine into the furnace he wrote these are extremely dangerous misconceptions added medvedev who is now the deputy chair of the russian security council if the issue of the very existence of russia is raised seriously it won't be decided on the ukrainian front it will be decided together with the issue of the further existence of the entire human civilization he warned the us and its allies who continue to pump ukraine with weapons and prevent all attempts to restore peace talks between moscow and Kiev refuse to understand that their goals are bound to lead to a total fiasco the defeat for everyone a collapse an apocalypse when the former life would have to be forgotten for centuries until the smoky debris ceases to emit radiation the former president said russia will not allow this to happen medvedev wrote he noted that the west and its satellites represents only 15 of the world's population while the rest of the world is greater in numbers and a lot stronger the calm power of our great country and the credibility of its partners are the key to preserving the future for the entire world he concluded during the conflict in ukraine russia warned that it was ready to use its nuclear arsenal in the event it faced an existential threat from nuclear or conventional weapons however moscow denied western claims that it was planning to deploy nuclear weapons on ukrainian territory