(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 28 - "Any attempt to invade Crime would be tantamount to a declaration of war against Russia. If a NATO member state made such a move, it would lead to a conflict against the entire North Atlantic Alliance: at Third World War, to a total disaster ": this is how the deputy head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, interviewed by the Moscow media.
The possible accession of Ukraine to NATO represents a greater danger for Russia than that of Sweden and Finland, said the former Russian president and former prime minister.
Kiev would be "much more dangerous for our country as a member" of the North Atlantic Alliance, Medvedev stressed.
"The continuous deliveries of arms from Washington to Kiev do nothing but exacerbate the spiral of the conflict and increase the threat of further aggravation with unpredictable consequences": said the Russian ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov, according to reports from TASS.
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