Western countries were today warned of a “world catastrophe” in a scathing verbal attack from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, following reports that President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian military to carry out various nuclear weapons tests.
In his speech, President Medvedev criticized Western leaders as “infant fools” and “irresponsible scoundrels” and said the deployment of Western forces to Ukraine, which he called “a country that does not exist,” was like a headless Russia. He argued that the country deserved a horrific response. The state will be able to hide.
President Medvedev said: “There are growing voices among Western political elites of irresponsible scoundrels who want to send troops to countries that do not exist.
“Currently, they include representatives of the United States Congress, leaders of France and Great Britain, and individual lunatics from the Baltic states and Poland.
Former Russian prime minister targeted leaders of the US, UK, France, as well as Poland and Baltic states
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“They also want active use of the missile arsenal they supplied to the Banderites. [a pejorative term for Ukrainians named after a hard-right faction of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists]all over Russia.
“And this is not a deterioration of the spring, but a cynical calculation for political dividends. There is a kind of complete deterioration in the ruling class of the West … This class understands basic things logically I don’t really want to connect.
“Sending troops to Ukrainian territory means that their country will directly participate in the war, and we have to respond, but unfortunately it is not on Ukrainian territory.
“In this case, no one will be able to hide in the Houses of Parliament, in the Elysée Palace or in No. 10 Downing Street. There will be a global catastrophe.
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The saber sounds came as President Putin ordered the start of a series of non-strategic nuclear weapons tests.
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“By the way, Kennedy and Khrushchev were able to understand this more than 60 years ago, but the current infantile idiots who have come to power in the West do not want to understand.
“And that is why today the Chiefs of Staff began preparations for an exercise that will include activities for a field test of the preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons.”
According to Russian state media TASS, the speech was made when British Ambassador to Russia Nigel Casey was summoned to the country’s Foreign Ministry.
Tass said it was unclear why Casey had been summoned, but he pointed to a connection between Casey’s summons and a Reuters interview with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, in which he said he was using British-supplied weapons against Ukraine. It claimed the right to attack targets inside Russia.
Foreign Secretary David Cameron in Lviv
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It also followed news that President Vladimir Putin had ordered Russian forces in the Southern Military District, including the army, navy and air force branches, to conduct a series of tactical nuclear weapons exercises.
Some Western countries and Ukrainian officials say Russia is stoking fear through the threat of nuclear weapons, but the Kremlin says it would consider breaking the nuclear taboo if Russia’s presence was threatened. is shown repeatedly.
“We see nothing new here. Nuclear blackmail is a constant act of the Putin regime,” said Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for Ukraine’s military intelligence service.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called Western statements about sending NATO soldiers to Ukraine “a completely new escalation of tensions,” adding: “This is unprecedented and of course requires special attention and special measures. ” he added.