Dmitry Medvedev, a senior Russian security official, threatened nuclear strikes against Kyiv, Paris, and London, following unsubstantiated claims from the Kremlin that France and the UK were supplying Ukraine with nuclear weapons. The SVR's allegations are unsupported and contradict international law, particularly the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Ukraine's officials and the French Foreign Ministry have refuted these claims, emphasizing the lack of evidence. The narrative is seen as a tactic by Russia to distract from its military failures.