Writing on his personal Telegram page, Mr. Medvedev said a conflict between Russia with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is always in danger of turning into a full-blown nuclear war.
“NATO countries bring weapons into Ukraine, train Ukrainian troops to use Western equipment, send mercenaries to the battlefield, and conduct military exercises near our borders. These things increase the possibility of an outbreak of direct and open conflict between Russia and NATO,” Medvedev wrote.
“Such a conflict always has the potential to turn into a full-blown nuclear war,” Medvedev said. “This would be a tragedy for everyone.”
Russia and the United States are currently the two largest nuclear powers in the world. Russia has about 6,257 nuclear warheads while NATO’s three nuclear powers – the US, UK and France – have about 6,065 warheads combined.
Russia-NATO relations, which are already strained because of the conflict in Ukraine, are expected to continue to “heat up” after the Finnish leader on May 12 announced that the country needs to quickly submit an application to join the military alliance. led by the US. Finland shares a 1,300km-long border with Russia.
On the same day, sheet Expressen The Swedish government also plans to apply to join NATO next week.
Previously, Russia had repeatedly warned Finland and Sweden not to join NATO because it would bring “serious political and military consequences”.
Asked on May 11 whether Finland’s entry into NATO would provoke Russia, President Niinisto said “that is the responsibility of Russian President Putin. He pushed for this.”
According to Reuters
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