The former Russian president warns the enemies of the “new reality” while the Kremlin abandons the nuclear treaty
Former Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev warned that the country’s rivals were now confronted with a “new reality” when the Kremlin officially announced that it was no longer linked by a treaty that limits the use of short and medium -range nuclear missiles.
Medvedev, who is today the vice-president of the country’s Security Council and is known for having issued frequent apocalyptic threats on social networks, continued a war of words that prompted President Donald Trump to redeploy two nuclear submarines last week.
His latest warning intervened after the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that it would no longer respect the nuclear forces of the intermediate range, or INF, an agreement prohibiting Washington and Moscow from deploying ground missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers (311-3,418 miles). It also arrives a few days before the expiration of Trump’s deadline so that Russia accepts a ceasefire or additional prices.
The INF was already obsolete, the United States accusing Russia of having violated the pact for decades and itself withdrawing from the agreement in 2019, and Russia has little secret its use of these missiles during its war with Ukraine.
On Monday, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it officially abandoned “efforts to maintain restraint in this field” because the United States moved to deploy weapons systems similar to Europe and Asia.
Russia “no longer considers itself linked by the auto-restorations previously adopted previously,” he said.
Medvedev said that the withdrawal of the INF was “the result of the anti -Russian policy of NATO countries” – a reference to Moscow’s long -standing demand that the Western military alliance aggressively surrounds Russia. “This is a new reality that all of our opponents will have to count. Expect other stages. “
NBC News contacted NATO to comment on its remarks.
Last week, the former Russian chief got involved in a social media spit with Trump.
During his stay in Scotland, Trump reduced his initial deadline by 50 days for Russia to stop fighting, which gives it 10 to 12 days. Medvedev replied by saying that “each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war” between Russia and the United States
Trump reacted on Friday by ordering that two nuclear submarines are deployed in “the appropriate regions, in case these stupid and inflammatory declarations are more than simply”.
This back and forth of social media takes place while Russia achieves slow gains, grinding on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian civilians have endured another night of Russian drone and missile attacks, as well as bombings in the Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Sumy, Kherson and Donetsk regions. In the past 24 hours, at least 15 civilians have been killed, officials said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Trump for putting pressure on the Kremlin.
“Russia has the war against Ukraine for a single reason-it has money to continue the war,” he said in her night speech on Monday. “All the sanctions that restrict Russia help bring peace. All weapons that strengthen Ukraine help bring peace. All political actions that isolate Russia help bring peace. ”
Mark Galeotti, British director of the Mayak Intelligence Council. Notified not to read too much in the comments of Medvedev.
“Medvedev is a professional troll these days. Trying to dig too much meaning in its various iterations is a crazy race,” said Galeotti, expressing a common opinion among Western experts on Russia. “Indeed, I sometimes wonder if his statements are precisely intended to bind us to the nodes when we try to interpret them!”
