Russia will abandon the rules of war, President Vladimir Putin’s security council deputy has said following devastating Ukrainian drone strikes on the Kapotnya oil refinery near Moscow.
This statement raises fears of nuclear strikes after Ukraine’s latest attack.
Suggesting the Kremlin’s conflict could become even more brutal, Dmitry Medvedev – formerly Russian president and prime minister – said: ‘It is time to openly declare that there are no longer, nor can there be, any rules regarding neo-Nazi Kyiv.’
This is due to ‘the enemy’s massive terrorist attacks on our cities,’ said Putin’s loyal lieutenant, as he hinted at the use of nuclear weapons in a future World War Three.
It comes after the Kremlin suffered a humiliated strike this week when Ukraine launched a massive attack on a crucial oil refinery in Moscow.
It was Ukraine’s largest drone attack on the Russian capital in years, sparking fires in and around the Russian capital and forcing evacuations at the country’s largest airport.
Footage captured the moment a Ukrainian drone struck the oil depot in the Kapotnya area of the city, sending a huge fireball into the sky as debris rained down around it.
Moscow residents complained of black rain falling from the sky following the attack, which authorities denied.
