 Russia threatens nuclear weapons in case of success of Ukraine's counter-offensive. Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, directly threatens to use nuclear weapons in case the Ukrainian counter-offensive succeeds. He wrote it on Telegram. Medvedev says that the Russian occupiers repelling the counter-attack of the mythical collective enemy allegedly not only protect the citizens of Russia and our land, but also prevent a world conflict. After all, if you imagine that the offensive of the Ukrainian Banderites with the support of NATO was successful and they rejected part of our land, then we would have to resort to the use of nuclear weapons in accordance with the rules of the decree of the President of Russia dated 2 June 2020. There is simply no other way out. Therefore our enemies should pray for our warriors. They prevent a global nuclear conflagration, he added. Medvedev, who has cast himself as one of Moscow's most hawkish voices, appeared to be referring to the part of Russia's nuclear doctrine, which sets out that nuclear weapons can be used in response to aggression against Russia, carried out using conventional weapons which threatens the existence of the Russian state. Before that, Medvedev had said that the war in Ukraine could be brought to an end within a few days by doing what the Americans did in 1945, when they deployed nuclear weapons and bombed two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.