Russia’s Deputy head of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a news conference in Vientiane, Laos, May 23, 2023. (Photo by Sputnik)

Russia has warned that supplying more destructive and advanced weapons bythe US and its allies to Ukraine increases the probability of a “nuclear apocalypse.”

Russia’s former President Dmitry Medvedev, who is currently serving as deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, said on Tuesday that “the more weapons are supplied, the more dangerous the world will be,” according toRussian news agencies.

“And the more destructive these weapons are, the more likely the scenario becomes of what is commonly called a nuclear apocalypse,” he warned during a trip to Vietnam.

Russia began what it described as a “special military operation” in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 as part of a national security measure against the persisting eastern advance of the US-led NATO military alliance as well as protecting…