Russia sees NATO and Ukraine as "permanent threats"
Created: 07/17/2022, 20:26
By: Caroline Schäfer
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, chairs a meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation in the presence of Dmitry Medvedev (back left).
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Russian politician Dmitry Medvedev is certain that Zelenskyy is just a puppet of the West.
He continues to see Ukraine and NATO as a threat.
Volgograd – Russia continues to push the Ukraine war.
The fronts to the West have hardened.
From the point of view of the deputy head of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, NATO and Ukraine remain a permanent threat to the federation.
As long as the alliance and Ukraine do not recognize the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which was annexed in 2014, as part of Russia, this is a danger for the country, Medvedev stressed on Sunday (July 17) at a meeting with veterans in Volgograd.
As so often in the escalated Ukraine conflict, the former Russian president threatened retaliatory measures.
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If Ukraine tries to recapture the peninsula, the "doomsday" will befall the population - and "very quickly and severely," said Medvedev.
"If any other state, be it Ukraine or be it the NATO states, believes that Crimea is not Russian, then that is a systematic threat to us," the politician said.
In addition, Medvedev pointed out at the meeting that the NATO countries had nuclear weapons aimed at Russia.
In the last few weeks of the war, Russian President Vladimir Putin demonstrated Russia's supposed military strength and repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons.
Russia sees Selenskyj as a puppet of the West
At the same time, Medvedev shot at the Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Moscow described Selenskyj as a puppet of the West, which primarily lets the United States dictate its policies.
Medvedev said there was a risk that the conflict would escalate if “a crazy nationalist or some weak executive figure” was once again at the helm of Ukraine.
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The military operation designated by Russia will, by all appearances, not come to an end for the time being.
According to Medvedev, Moscow will not end the war until Ukraine is fully demilitarized.
"You don't have to doubt that the objectives of the operation will be achieved," he said.
All threats against in Ukraine would be eliminated.
(kas/dpa)