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The Deputy Chairman of the Russian National Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, expressed his conviction that the conflict in Ukraine “may continue for decades” if Russia does not resolve it with a decisive victory over “Nazism”. The Russian official once again sparked controversy with his fiery and exciting statements, which did not miss once again hinting at the possibility of moving to use nuclear weapons.

Medvedev told reporters during a visit to Vietnam that the Ukrainian conflict “could continue for a long time, maybe decades.”

And he added, “This is a new reality, and new conditions for life. As long as such a force exists, there will be, for example, 3 years of armistice, and 2 years of conflict, and the situation will flare up again every time.

He believed that the only alternative lay in “the need to completely destroy the nature of Nazi power in Kiev.”

In the same context, Medvedev saw that “Europe has gone crazy and is trying to inflame the situation in every way,” and he did not rule out that European countries and the United States would provide Kiev with nuclear weapons.

The official said that the current developments, including the decision of the European Union and the United States to supply Kiev with F-16 fighter jets, show that the West may also be tempted to throw nuclear weapons into the battle, stressing that “if that happens, it will have to Russia launched a preemptive strike.” He added, “This means that a missile with a nuclear charge will reach them. These are the irreversible laws of war.”

“When it comes to nuclear weapons, it will be necessary to launch a preemptive strike,” Medvedev said.

Britain had announced earlier that it would provide Kiev with missiles containing depleted uranium, which Moscow considered a dangerous development.

It is noteworthy that Medvedev, who, since the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine, has been threatening a nuclear war, recently wrote on his channel in the “Telegram” network that Ukraine “could disappear from the map as a result of the current conflict.”

It is likely to be divided between Russia and some European Union countries. He wrote that Kiev stands before two scenarios: “The disintegration of the republic after the defeat of Kiev, either through a process of relatively slow erosion of the Ukrainian state, or through an immediate collapse of the state.”

The Vice President of the Security Council indicated that “Moscow needs a third scenario for Ukraine to disappear from the map,” which includes the accession of the population of “the central regions and some other regions; Which means the end of the conflict completely, with guarantees that it will not resume again.

On the ground, the night of Thursday-Friday witnessed a violent escalation on all fronts, and the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the airborne units in their fortified positions on the southern side towards Artymovsk (Bakhmut) confronted concentrated attacks launched by the Ukrainian armed forces, through which they sought to make a breakthrough on the lines of contact.

“Units of the Airborne Forces are confidently conducting active defense and destroying personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the southern side of the Artyomovsk direction. The paratroopers equipped an extensive network of redoubts and confidently repulsed all sorties of Ukrainian formations.

Meanwhile, Moscow announced that the Ukrainian forces launched an intense attack during the night on the Kherson region, and stated in a statement that “the Ukrainian forces did not stop throughout the night hours directing artillery shelling on the cities located on the left bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region and the surrounding villages, and fired 32 artillery shells.” shell on it.”

According to the military statement: “During the night, the Kiev regime continued to bomb civilian infrastructure in the towns of Novaya Kakhovka, Velika Lipitikha, Gornostivka and Heroskoye.”

Last November, Moscow withdrew from the city of Kherson, and moved its forces from the right bank of the Dnieper River to reinforce defenses along the left bank.

Russian forces currently control 75 percent of the territory of the Kherson region, while Kiev maintains control over central areas, including the city of Kherson, the capital of the region.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian media reported on Friday morning that Moscow had launched a series of night raids targeting the capital, Kiev, and other Ukrainian cities.

It reported that “huge explosions were heard in the city of Kiev and in the surrounding areas.”

Ukrainian state television indicated that the Ukrainian forces’ air defenses were responding to air targets over the region.

According to the channel, a state of air alert has been declared on almost the entire territory of Ukraine, with the exception of the western regions.