“It is obvious that if the turbine hall or reactor hall of a nuclear power plant were catastrophically destroyed, it would result in a new Chernobyl. And that would be no better than the use of a tactical nuclear weapon. The response to such actions could be a symmetrical strike against Ukrainian nuclear power plants, as well as nuclear power plants in NATO countries involved in the conflict,” Medvedev wrote.

We suspect he’s neither joking nor bluffing. The kid gloves are off.

In the meantime, Rafael Grossi, Director of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expressed his grave concern in a post on X :

Attacking nuclear sites is like playing with fire, Grossi said.