{"id":11710,"date":"2025-04-25T03:34:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T03:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=11710"},"modified":"2025-04-25T03:34:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T03:34:03","slug":"russia-warns-it-reserves-the-right-to-nuclear-weapons-against-the-west-and-warns-a-peacekeeping-force-in-ukraine-will-lead-to-world-war-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=11710","title":{"rendered":"Russia warns it \u2018reserves the right to nuclear weapons\u2019 against the west and warns a peacekeeping force in Ukraine will \u2018lead to World War Three\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Russia<\/span>\u00a0has warned Britain against deploying a \u2018coalition of the willing\u2019 in Ukraine, declaring it could lead to a nuclear World War Three.<\/p><div class=\"sykzu69f99edc28105\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; 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Pictured:\u00a0Putin's ex-premier Dmitry Medvedev\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">It comes as Moscow also stressed it reserves the right to use nuclear weapons against the west. Pictured:\u00a0Putin\u2019s ex-premier Dmitry Medvedev<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2304b8a65fae1f37\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/24\/08\/97633183-14642609-image-a-14_1745480850064.jpg\" alt=\"Shoigu\u00a0also warned of Moscow's readiness to both use nuclear weapons and restart atomic weapons' tests in the Arctic for the first time since the Cold War, claiming Europe is secretly preparing for war against Russia by 2030\" width=\"634\" height=\"477\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Shoigu\u00a0also warned of Moscow\u2019s readiness to both use nuclear weapons and restart atomic weapons\u2019 tests in the Arctic for the first time since the Cold War, claiming Europe is secretly preparing for war against Russia by 2030<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-646d98a63863645\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/24\/08\/97633629-14642609-image-a-23_1745481423585.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured:\u00a0Flames rise from a fire caused by massive Russian shelling in Buchansky district of Kyiv, Ukraine on April 24\" width=\"634\" height=\"476\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Pictured:\u00a0Flames rise from a fire caused by massive Russian shelling in Buchansky district of Kyiv, Ukraine on April 24<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div id=\"v-1123866802047764068\" class=\"vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news\">\n<div id=\"vjs_video_3\" class=\"video-js vjs-default-skin vjs-paused vjs-controls-enabled mol-empty-playlist mol-fe-animated-preview mol-fe-vjs-full-size-min vjs-visually-ready vjs-user-inactive\" data-opts=\"{&quot;linkBaseURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14642609\/Russia-warns-reserves-right-nuclear-weapons-against-west.html#v-1123866802047764068&quot;,&quot;isMobile&quot;:false,&quot;original&quot;:false,&quot;duration&quot;:44000,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/video\/mol\/2025\/04\/24\/1123866802047764068\/1024x576_MP4_1123866802047764068.mp4&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;Reuters&quot;,&quot;playerId&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Missiles plummet into Kyiv as Russia launches air attack on capital&quot;,&quot;preload&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;initialVideo&quot;:true,&quot;thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/24\/09\/97635085-0-image-a-22_1745484399223.jpg&quot;,&quot;poster&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/24\/09\/97635085-0-image-a-23_1745484400301.jpg&quot;,&quot;syndicationService&quot;:null,&quot;shortURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/mol.im\/a\/14642609#v-1123866802047764068&quot;,&quot;plugins&quot;:{&quot;social-share&quot;:{&quot;embedUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/3420983.html&quot;},&quot;autoplay-next-video&quot;:{&quot;videos&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/api\/player\/3420983\/related-videos.json&quot;,&quot;countdown_time&quot;:10},&quot;ads-setup&quot;:{&quot;adsEnabled&quot;:false,&quot;screen&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:636,&quot;height&quot;:358}},&quot;sources&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/api\/player\/1123866802047764068\/video-sources.json&quot;},&quot;flyout&quot;:{&quot;viewportOffset&quot;:0.4,&quot;switchBack&quot;:true,&quot;forceFlyout&quot;:{&quot;active&quot;:false,&quot;muted&quot;:true,&quot;switchBack&quot;:false}},&quot;tracking&quot;:{&quot;channelShortName&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;sponsored&quot;:null,&quot;referenceId&quot;:3420983,&quot;trackingType&quot;:&quot;embedded&quot;},&quot;animated-preview&quot;:{&quot;displayName&quot;:null,&quot;frames&quot;:50,&quot;width&quot;:636,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/preview\/mol\/2025\/04\/24\/2576968329005481740\/636x382_JPG-SINGLE_2576968329005481740.jpg&quot;,&quot;fps&quot;:0,&quot;data-video&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/preview\/mol\/2025\/04\/24\/2576968329005481740\/636x382_MP4_2576968329005481740.mp4&quot;,&quot;data-frame-height&quot;:358,&quot;data-frame-width&quot;:636,&quot;height&quot;:358},&quot;related-videos&quot;:{&quot;videos&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/api\/player\/3420983\/related-videos.json&quot;,&quot;videoChannel&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;showUpNextPanel&quot;:false}},&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;1123866802047764068&quot;,&quot;descr&quot;:&quot;Missiles plummet into Kyiv as Russia launches air attack on capital overnight. An overnight Russian combined missile and drone attack triggered fires, smashed buildings and buried residents under rubble in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, killing nine people and injuring more than 70, Ukrainian officials said.&quot;,&quot;referenceId&quot;:3420983,&quot;grapeshot&quot;:{&quot;article&quot;:{&quot;articleURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14643737\/Trump-says-not-happy-Russia-attack-Kyiv.html&quot;}}}\">\n<div class=\"vjs-title\">\n<div class=\"vjs-title-text\">\n<div>Missiles plummet into Kyiv as Russia launches air attack on capital<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Shoigu raged against the UK, saying that \u2018the same British even before the [war] began were very actively building their naval base in Ochakiv in the Mykolaiv region [of Ukraine], where they not only trained naval special forces of the Ukrainian Navy, but also conducted their operations against us\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He said: \u2018It turns out that they will be able to return there again, but already under the flag of peacekeeping forces?\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Shoigu \u2013 who was defence minister before being replaced 11 months ago \u2013 warned: \u2018This is exactly what French President Emmanuel Macron means when he says that Ukraine has the right to ask for the introduction of NATO contingents without consulting Russia.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The hardliner ranted: \u2018What will these \u2018peacekeepers\u2019 protect in Ukraine?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018The Nazi regime, marches and torchlight processions with symbols of SS divisions?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Support the persecution of Orthodox Christians?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Depriving the Russian-speaking population of the right to speak their native language, to preserve their own culture and traditions?<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a8769273658daae\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/24\/09\/97634041-14642609-image-a-31_1745482616423.jpg\" alt=\"Shoigu warned Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in case of aggression against it or ally Belarus, and was 'closely following the military preparations of European countries'. Pictured: Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile launch\" width=\"634\" height=\"414\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Shoigu warned Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in case of aggression against it or ally Belarus, and was \u2018closely following the military preparations of European countries\u2019. Pictured: Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile launch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7e18bc7d7e196cb4\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/24\/08\/97633189-14642609-image-a-12_1745480838835.jpg\" alt=\"Separately, Putin's ex-premier Dmitry Medvedev (pictured left) - who was Russian president from 2008 to 2012 - made a nuclear threat against countries, including Britain, which adhere to the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant on war crimes charges against the Kremlin dictator\" width=\"634\" height=\"428\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Separately, Putin\u2019s ex-premier Dmitry Medvedev (pictured left) \u2013 who was Russian president from 2008 to 2012 \u2013 made a nuclear threat against countries, including Britain, which adhere to the International Criminal Court\u2019s arrest warrant on war crimes charges against the Kremlin dictator<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-58c21040779d79f6\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/24\/09\/97633983-14642609-image-a-28_1745482330442.jpg\" alt=\"Rescue workers search for people under rubble of an apartment building in Svyatoshynskyi district destroyed by a Russian missile strike on April 24, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine\" width=\"634\" height=\"476\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Rescue workers search for people under rubble of an apartment building in Svyatoshynskyi district destroyed by a Russian missile strike on April 24, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f9756ba604e96087\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/24\/08\/97633169-14642609-image-a-13_1745480844138.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: Putin aide Sergei Shoigu, (L) secretary of the powerful Russian security council and ex-defence minister with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un\" width=\"634\" height=\"356\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Pictured: Putin aide Sergei Shoigu, (L) secretary of the powerful Russian security council and ex-defence minister with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-8d67386700eccc0a\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/24\/09\/97633595-14642609-image-a-29_1745482365457.jpg\" alt=\"An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv\" width=\"634\" height=\"441\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018This is not a peacekeeping mission. Apparently, also for these reasons, the states that make up the real world majority do not express any particular desire to participate in such \u2018peacekeeping\u2019 initiatives.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He spoke out ahead of an expected new visit by Trump envoy Steve Witkoff for \u2018peace talks\u2019 with Putin this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Shoigu, 69, Russia\u2019s longest serving senior politician, in office since 1991, before Putin\u2019s emergence, alleged: \u2018An undisguised campaign is unfolding in Europe to prepare for a military conflict with the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Possible timeframes for such a clash are being announced at various levels \u2013 from three to five years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018As early as 2030, European politicians and the military want to be ready to fight us.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He claimed Ukraine was on the point of economic collapse and Europe plus Britain could not afford to bail it out and provide military supplies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He warned Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in case of aggression against it or ally Belarus, and was \u2018closely following the military preparations of European countries\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2a64c59a23bd7c63\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/24\/09\/97633981-14642609-image-a-30_1745482412049.jpg\" alt=\"An apartment building in Svyatoshynskyi district is destroyed by a Russian missile strike on April 24, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine\" width=\"634\" height=\"476\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">An apartment building in Svyatoshynskyi district is destroyed by a Russian missile strike on April 24, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6a82a0f2a388d9cb\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/24\/08\/97633741-14642609-image-a-27_1745481581625.jpg\" alt=\"Shoigu alleged: 'An undisguised campaign is unfolding in Europe to prepare for a military conflict with the Russian Federation. 'Possible timeframes for such a clash are being announced at various levels - from three to five years. 'As early as 2030, European politicians and the military want to be ready to fight us'\" width=\"634\" height=\"357\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Shoigu alleged: \u2018An undisguised campaign is unfolding in Europe to prepare for a military conflict with the Russian Federation. \u2018Possible timeframes for such a clash are being announced at various levels \u2013 from three to five years. \u2018As early as 2030, European politicians and the military want to be ready to fight us\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">This was a reason the new nuclear-capable \u2018wonder weapon\u2019 Oreshnik had been deployed in Belarus, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He was cautious in believing a new era had begun with US-Russian relations amid Donald Trump\u2019s alleged pro-Moscow stance on the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018We welcome such an approach and are ready for reciprocal steps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Time will show whether the Americans are ready to resolve the existing systemic problems which require resolution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018This is a difficult and long process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018The history of our relations with the United States shows that we can trust only concrete actions rather than verbal statements.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He refused to rule out new Russian nuclear tests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Our position on this matter depends on the United States\u2019 actions in this area,\u2019 he told TASS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Now, warranty periods for some types of their nuclear munitions are expiring and the development of new types of weapons is underway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018This may push Washington toward resuming nuclear tests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018In such an event, Russia may follow their lead as a response step.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The USSR conducted its last nuclear test on the Arctic archipelago Novaya Zemlya on October 24, 1990.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Following it, it unilaterally declared a moratorium on nuclear tests. Russia continues to observe it. In a period from 1949 to 1990, the Soviet Union conducted 715 nuclear tests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Separately, Putin\u2019s ex-premier Dmitry Medvedev \u2013 who was Russian president from 2008 to 2012 \u2013 made a nuclear threat against countries, including Britain, which adhere to the International Criminal Court\u2019s arrest warrant on war crimes charges against the Kremlin dictator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He warned \u2018what may follow the execution of an illegal ICC judgement against a head of state who is not a party to the statute of the court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018The very enforcement of such a judgement may be seen as a casus belli against the countries involved in its adoption,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018It is worth mentioning the danger of such decisions with regard to the leadership of a nuclear power and a permanent member of the UN Security Council.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He warned that those who issued the warrant \u2018can and should be prosecuted by the investigative and judicial authorities of the country whose leadership is being illegally prosecuted\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia\u00a0has warned Britain against deploying a \u2018coalition of the willing\u2019 in Ukraine, declaring it could lead to a nuclear World War Three. Putin\u00a0hawk Sergei Shoigu, secretary of the powerful Russian security council and ex-defence minister, said Russia rejected Western boots on the ground in the war-torn country. 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