The former Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev has warned that the country’s rivals now faced a “new reality”, since the Kremlin formally announced that it was no longer obliged by a treaty that limited the use of short and medium reach nuclear missiles.
Medvedev, who today serves as vice president of the country’s security council and is known for issuing frequent apocalyptic threats on social networks, continued a war of words that led President Donald Trump to deploy two nuclear submarines last week.
His last warning occurred after the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it would no longer comply with the treaty of intermediate nuclear forces, or INF, an agreement that prohibits Washington and Moscow deploying terrestrial missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers (311 to 3,418 miles). It also occurs days before the expiration of the ultimatum of Trump’s deadline so that Russia accepts a high fire or in front of additional tariffs.
The INF was already obsolete, and the United States accused Russia of violating the pact for decades and with himself withdrawing from the agreement in 2019, and Russia has little hidden the use of these missiles during their war with Ukraine.
On Monday, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was formally abandoning any “effort to maintain restriction in this area” because the United States was moving to display weapons systems similar to Europe and Asia.
Russia “is no longer considered forced by the corresponding previously adopted self -assessments,” he said.
Medvedev said that the withdrawal of the INF was “the result of the anti -Russian policy of NATO countries”, a reference to the long statement of Moscow that the Western Military Alliance is aggressively surrounding Russia. “This is a new reality, all our opponents will have to take into account. Wait more steps.”
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Last week, the former Russian leader got involved in a dispute on social networks with Trump.
While in Scotland, Trump reduced his initial deadline for 50 days for Russia to stop fighting, instead of giving him 10-12 days. Medvedev replied saying that “every new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war” between Russia and the United States.
On Friday, Trump reacted ordering that two nuclear submarines be deployed in “appropriate regions, in case these silly and inflammatory statements are more than just that.”
These round -trip social networks are developing as Russia obtains slow and ground gains on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine.
From the heavens, the Ukrainian civilians endured another infernal night of attacks with Russian and antimile -man -manned aircraft, as well as with the regions of Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Sumy, Kherson and Donetsk. In the last 24 hours, at least 15 civilians were killed, authorities said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Trump for pressing Kremlin.
“Russia is dragging the war against Ukraine only for one reason: he has the money to maintain war,” he said in his night speech on Monday. “All sanctions that restrict Russia help to bring peace. All weapons that strengthen Ukraine help to bring peace. All political actions that areolate Russia help bring peace.”
Vooring a common opinion among Western experts in Russia, Mark Galeotti warned that reading too much in Medvedev comments.
“Medvedev is a professional troll these days. Trying to dig too meaning in its various iterations is a silly mandate,” said Galeotti, British director of the Mayak Intelligence consultant. “In fact, sometimes I wonder if your statements intend to unite precisely knots while trying to interpret them!”
