From the article "The Age of confrontation"
Dmitry Medvedev (Дмитрий Медведев) | There is one thing that politicians of all stripes do not like to admit: nuclear apocalypse is not only possible, but also quite probable. Why? There are at least two reasons. One. The world is in a confrontation much worse than during the Cuban Missile Crisis, because our adversaries have decided to actually defeat the largest nuclear power, Russia. They are, no doubt, utter morons, but that's just it. And the second reason is quite prosaic - nuclear weapons have already been used by whom and where, so there is no taboo! (From the article "Эпоха противостояния". July 3, 2023.) (Translation with DeepL.com). (Full version in English : "The Age of Confrontation" (Another World Is Possible)