"Escalating Tensions: Assessing the Growing Risk of Nuclear Conflict"

Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Russian President Vladimir Putin's friend, Viktor Medvedchuk, predicts that a nuclear strike is "most likely" as the West continues to assert its dominance. Putin and senior Russian officials have repeatedly threatened nuclear escalation against Kyiv and its Western partners. Western leaders have consistently warned that a direct Russia-NATO confrontation is unthinkable given the nuclear stakes, while NATO leaders are increasingly warning that direct conflict with Moscow is a realistic danger.