A close ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Western governments on Thursday that a nuclear war would ensue if they gave the green light for Ukraine to use long-range Western weapons to strike targets deep inside Russia.

Dmitry Medvedev, a long-time ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has laid out the country's new deterrence policy against Western "aggression," and warned that provocations by Ukraine and its allies could result in nuclear war.

Putin, who casts the West as a decadent aggressor, and U.S. President Joe Biden, who casts Russia as a corrupt autocracy and Putin as a killer, have both warned that a direct Russia-NATO confrontation could escalate into World War Three.

Top diplomat Sergey Lavrov’s fiery UN speech comes just days after Putin aired a shift in the country’s nuclear doctrine.

During a meeting with Russia’s Security Council, Putin explained that these changes address new global threats and risks. At 71, Putin remains the primary authority over Russia’s extensive nuclear arsenal.

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin issued a stark warning to the West on Wednesday, indicating that Russia may resort to nuclear weapons if faced with conventional missile strikes. He stated that any attack on Russia,

In a GZERO Global Stage discussion at the 79th UN General Assembly, Czechia President Peter Pavel highlighted the evolving dynamics within NATO nearly two years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He acknowledged that initial unity,

As the war in Ukraine nears its 1,000th day, Russian officials have escalated nuclear threats against the U.S., Ukraine, and the West. In September, President Vladimir Putin announced a lowered nuclear threshold,

Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to maintain a firm grip on power as the war in Ukraine drags on. But Putin's position may not survive if Russia loses the war in Ukraine, according to Kaupo Rosin,