Putin ally says Russia's nuclear weapons can be used to defend new regions

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev says any weapons in Moscow's arsenal, including strategic nuclear weapons, could be used to defend territories incorporated in Russia from Ukraine

Medvedev said the protection of all the territories would be significantly strengthened by the Russian armed forces.

Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said on Thursday that referendums being organised by Russia-appointed and separatist authorities in large swathes of Russian-controlled Ukrainian territory will take place, and that "there is no going back".Medvedev said the protection of all the territories would be significantly strengthened by the Russian armed forces.

The referendums will take place in the Russian-held parts of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia provinces, as well as part of Mykolaiv province.

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