“If any other state, be it Ukraine or be it the NATO states, believes that Crimea is not Russian, then that is a systematic threat to us,” he said. Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin also justified the war against Ukraine that began on February 24. Medvedev said that the NATO countries had nuclear weapons aimed at Russia.
If “a crazy nationalist or some weak executive figure” is again at the helm of Ukraine, there is a risk that the conflict will escalate. Moscow considers the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj to be a puppet of the West, who lets his policies be dictated primarily by the USA and, as a former actor, plays the role of head of state.
According to Medvedev, Russia will go through with the war until Ukraine is completely demilitarized. “You don’t have to doubt that the objectives of the operation will be achieved,” he said. All threats in Ukraine against Russia would be eliminated, said Medvedev, who again claimed that nationalist and “pro-fascist” forces were running the country. There is no evidence for this.
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