While Moscow’s armed forces are once again paralyzing the power supply in Ukraine, former Russian President Medvedev is considering attacking NATO countries as well. Allies of the enemy would be legitimate targets, so the reasoning.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has threatened attacks on NATO countries. Armed forces and objects in countries that are officially at war with Russia or are allies of the enemy are legitimate targets for an attack, Medvedev, who is deputy head of the Russian Security Council, wrote in his Telegram channel.
The 57-year-old also included NATO: “The leaders of the NATO countries unanimously claim that their countries and the entire alliance are not fighting Russia. But everyone understands that it is very different.” According to Medvedev, in addition to the enemy’s political leadership and armed forces and their technology, objects of military and civil infrastructure such as bridges and energy supplies are also legitimate targets of attacks.
He made his statements while Moscow’s armed forces were once again paralyzing Ukraine’s power supply with massive rocket attacks. Medvedev accused NATO of having long since declared a “hybrid war” on Russia. A confidante of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin interpreted the extensive arms deliveries to Ukraine, against which Moscow has been waging its war of aggression since February, as an attack on Russia.
The fact that Medvedev is bluntly threatening the NATO countries is nothing new. Most recently, he wrote on Telegram on Sunday that the enemy had not only entrenched themselves in the “Kyiv Governorate,” referring to areas in today’s Ukraine that belonged to the Russian Empire under the Tsar. “It’s also in Europe, North America, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and a whole host of other places that swore allegiance to today’s Nazis.” Therefore, Russia is increasing the “production of the most powerful means of destruction, including those based on new foundations”.
