‘WW3 has ALREADY begun – and Putin should strike the West', madcap ex-Russian president says in explosive Kremlin threat
The ex-Russian president has issued the explosive warning just days after
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Putin has bombed Ukraine with ballistic missiles - with his top ally now saying the West should be bombed
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Putin's rockets are bombing Ukraine nightly in a horror air campaign
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Dmitry Medvedev pictured with Vladimir Putin
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Putin's lieutenant raged that Nato and the West was effectively already at war with Russia as he pushed the Kremlin's world view that they are the victims.
That's despite it being
Medvedev accused the US and Europe of an attempt to 'destroy' Russia which is 'hated by the West', he claimed.
Diplomats say his remarks give an indication of thinking among some within the Moscow political elite.
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He said: "What is happening today is a proxy war, but in essence it is a full-scale war (launches of Western missiles, satellite intelligence, etc), sanctions packages, loud statements about the militarisation of Europe.
"It's another attempt to destroy the 'historical anomaly' hated by the West - Russia, our country."
Medvedev's madcap raging comes after Trump agreed to sell missile defence systems to Ukraine and to
if Moscow did not reach a peace agreement with Ukraine within 50 days.
Medvedev even said Russia should think about bombing the West.
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He said: "We need to act accordingly. To respond in full. And if necessary, launch preemptive strikes."
Despite saying Russia may need to bomb the West first, he said that any
Putin blitzes Ukrainian shopping centre with half-ton glide bomb killing two
He said: "I would add that this nonsense is being deliberately thrown into the information space in order to destabilise an already difficult situation.
"This is another flank of the West's open war against us."
In his lunatic ravings, Medvedev also pushed the idea that Ukraine is governed by Nazis - despite Volodymyr Zelensky being Jewish.
The fabrication is a key justification in the Kremlin's ambition to demilitarise Ukraine and keep it weak.
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Ukrainian military recruits train in Kyiv
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A Ukrainian mobile air defence unit fires in a field
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Medvedev's rant came as a leading Russian propagandist Col. Igor Korotchenko said Moscow must use the
He asked on Kremlin-funded state TV: 'What can we do during these 50 days to persuade Ukraine to conclude a peace agreement on terms that meet the goals, principles and objectives of [Putin's war]?'
A military analyst and editor-in-chief of National Defence magazine, he said: 'We can launch massive strikes against Ukraine's critical infrastructure.
'I would like to emphasise once again that this primarily means power generation facilities.
'Any Russian frontline fighter jet, using new-generation low-profile Kh-69 cruise missiles, is capable of striking and accurately destroying any thermal power plant, oil refinery, or fuel depot in a first strike without attracting the attention of enemy intelligence.'
He made clear the aim was to make Ukraine so weak it is forced to sue for peace on Putin's terms.
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Rare footage shared by the Russian Defence Ministry shows combat training of North Korean troops in Russia
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Medvedev is the deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia
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'Weakening the potential of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' rear support system will force Ukraine to accept Russia's terms,' he said.
'It is necessary to intensify Russian strikes….to the maximum extent possible….
'Scaling up this approach, we can achieve success.'
Trump encouraged Ukraine's President Zelensky during a phone call
He apparently asked whether Ukraine could "hit Moscow" in order to "make Putin feel the pain of war", according to anonymous sources cited by the papers.
Zelensky's answer was swift and direct: 'Absolutely. We can if you give us the weapons.'
Putin's indifference to Trump's demand was evident just hours later when he
In Sumy Oblast, Russian drones injured six people, including a 19-year-old student and 14-year-old girl, when they struck a university.
Putin's soldiers killed 'in mass poisoning by laced bottles of WATER'
VLADIMIR Putin's men were reportedly killed by poisoned water bottles in a suspected Ukrainian sabotage operation.
At least four soldiers were said to have died in excruciating pain after drinking from bottles labelled "Our Water", allegedly supplied to the front line in a humanitarian consignment.
Several others are said to be in critical condition in another major blow to
The deadly incident, which unfolded in the Panteleimonivka area of Donetsk, has sparked horror and fury across pro-Kremlin military channels.
Distressing footage seen by The Sun shows poisoned troops convulsing, moaning in agony, and slipping into unconsciousness as medics scramble to help.
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