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Medvedev continued his threat appearing to reference nuclear weapons – something the Russian politician has done in the past.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cWe are ready, although the result will be achieved at [a] much greater cost to humanity than in 1945…\u201d<\/p>\n
In 1945, the Second World War ended – in Europe with the takeover of Nazi Germany by Allied forces and in Japan when the country surrendered after the US dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.<\/p>\n
Medvedev seemed to be referring to nuclear war – which some see as the inevitable end to a conflict between NATO and Russia.<\/p>\n
The comments come as Ukraine has increasingly targeted Russia further closer to home.<\/p>\n
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