Moscow will not be intimidated by NATO and will use “any” weapons it sees fit to defend its territory, former Russian president said
Moscow may use nuclear weapons to defend its territory, including the Donbass republics and Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions, should they decide to join Russia, former president, Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday. He also warned that “retired idiots” in the Western military should not contemplate strikes on Moscow’s naval bases in the Black Sea.
Writing on Telegram on Thursday, Medvedev stressed that the referendums, planned for between September 23 and 27, would definitely take place, and “the Donbass republics and other territories would be admitted to Russia.”
The former president went on to say that the Russian military would “significantly reinforce” the defenses of all incorporated territories. He added that to defend its territories, Russia may use “not only its mobilization capabilities, but also any Russian weapons, including strategic nuclear weapons.”
Without naming names, Medvedev cautioned that “retired idiots with generals’ stripes” should not attempt to intimidate Moscow by claiming that NATO could attack Crimea, a peninsula that overwhelmingly voted to unite with Russia in 2014 following a coup in Kiev.
“Hypersonic [missiles] are sure to hit targets in Europe and the US much faster,” he warned, adding that “the Western establishment and NATO citizens need to understand that Russia has chosen its own path” and there is “no way back.”
On Wednesday, Ben Hodges, the former commander of the US Army in Europe, said that Washington could destroy Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, that’s based in Crimea, or its bases on the peninsula if Moscow resorts to using nuclear weapons in Ukraine. He noted that it’s “very unlikely” that Russian President Vladimir Putin would order to deploy nukes.
Last week, Medvedev accused Western “half-wits” from “stupid think tanks” of leading their countries down the road of nuclear Armageddon with their hybrid war against Moscow. He also warned that the “unrestrained pumping of the Kiev regime with the most dangerous types of weapons,” could prompt Russia to move its military campaign to the next level.
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There is only one retired general worth listening to, in my opinion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nszocAUSnwo
Colonel
True… but he is the only one I listen to.
This guy is the expert. I think of him as a former KGB mathematician.
Why does it feel like its 1938/1939 all over the world?
“Its like deja vu, all over again” –
Yogi Berra….
Good luck y’all, us little people are gonna need it, cuz we’re not getting any help or mercy from (((DC))).
Putin does not go backward.
I don’t want to hear the presstitute media using the “unprovoked” lie anymore.
I am thinking the democrats in power think they can run rough shot over the Russians as they do the Republicans. My bet is that is a big mistake. But you never know until you try, looks like we are going to risk it.
Our country is now run by dangerous mental midgets.
Aren’t most midgets mental? I guess I’m thinking of Robert Reich and Zelensky.
Ben Hodges is to the military what Fauchi is to medicine ….. a fucken blowhard bureaucrat, pretending to be an expert, but hasn’t done anything worthwhile to get to the top (other than backstab everybody in his way and suck his boss’ cocks.)
Name me the actual battles Hodges fought, and wars he has won.
I would guess the Russians would use something else than nuclear weapons so the region can be viable.
It will be interesting to see what weapons Russia has up its sleeve.
The Russians should be an energy and trade partner, not a boogeyman to promote weapons sales.
NATO needs to be disbanded.
The demilitarization of NATO is making good progress.
Two more years like this, and the Russians can successfully invade using slingshots – if they ever wanted to.
Calling a US General a moron is simply pointing out the obvious…. It is like saying they are liars and morally corrupt.