"The threat of nuclear conflict has not passed , but it is growing." This was stated by the deputy head of the Russian National Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev . "The supply of foreign weapons to Ukraine brings us closer to the apocalypse", he then warned, saying he is convinced that some countries "only understand the language of force". Therefore, an opening to peace negotiations " makes no sense ". And on the possibility of Putin being arrested abroad: "This would become a casus belli ". “Suppose that an incumbent president of a nuclear power is arrested, for example, in Germany. What would this be? A declaration of war against the Russian Federation ! In this case, all our means would fly to the Bundestag, the Chancellor's office and so on,” concluded the deputy, commenting on the words of the German Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann according to which Berlin will have to implement the sentence of the International Criminal Court and arrest the Russian leader, should he enter German territory.

Dark tones are also used by the Russian ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov , according to whom " Western countries led by the United States have decided to bring humanity to the brink of nuclear Armageddon ". He said so in Washington, responding to statements by senior US officials according to which depleted uranium munitions are weapons that have been used for decades and do not present any high risk. " Irresponsible statements ," commented Antonov.

According to the ambassador, there would be a continuous flow of lethal weapons towards Ukraine , which are being used to annihilate civilians, residential areas, schools, hospitals, kindergartens. The speech in response to the announcement made last Monday by the British Defense Minister, Annabelle Goldie , who had announced the imminent shipment to Kiev - by the United Kingdom of ammunition containing depleted uranium , with greater effectiveness against armored vehicles. This would have sparked the anger of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said he was ready, should enemy fire resort to similar weapons, to react accordingly.

For his part, the Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky does not seem to think otherwise. « But what peace? », he rhetorically asked after the new Russian raids that targeted his country in the aftermath of the meeting in the Kremlin between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in which the tsar praised the Chinese peace plan. On Twitter, the Kiev leader posted images of an explosion that gutted a building in the city of Zaporizhzhia: an attack in broad daylight that left at least one victim and 34 injured, including two children aged seven and nine.

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