Ex-Russian President Warns of ‘Apocalypse’ If West Not Halt Arms Supply to Ukraine

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned that the continued influx of Western weaponry to Ukraine amid the raging war risks a global nuclear catastrophe.

In his remarks published in the daily Izvestia on Monday, Medvedev, a key aide to President Vladimir Putin and deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, urged an immediate halt to the Western supply of heavy weaponry to the embattled government in Kiev.

The Russian official reiterated his threat of nuclear war over Ukraine if Western countries continue to arm Ukraine despite repeated warnings from Moscow.

"Of course, the pumping in of weapons can continue .... and prevent any possibility of reviving negotiations," Medvedev said.

"Our enemies are doing just that, not wanting to understand that their goals will certainly lead to a total fiasco. Loss for everyone. A collapse. Apocalypse. Where you forget for centuries about your former life, until the rubble ceases to emit radiation," he added.

The latest comments by Medvedev follow Putin's nuclear warning last week and his Sunday remarks casting Moscow's confrontation with the West as an existential battle for the survival of Russia and the Russian people.