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Russia warns humanity at risk if West seeks to punish it over Ukraine

A Turkish Bayraktar TB2 combat drone is on view during a presentation at the Lithuanian Air Force Base in Siauliai, Lithuania, on Wednesday. The crowdfunded Turkish-made military drone will be sent to Ukraine to help the war-torn country fight Russia's invasion. (AFP photo)

KYIV/KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said attempts by the West to punish a nuclear power such as Russia for the war in Ukraine risked endangering humanity, as the near five-month conflict leaves cities in ruins and thousands homeless.

Russia's Feb 24 invasion of Ukraine has triggered the most serious crisis in relations between Russia and the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when many people feared the world was on the brink of nuclear war.

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