FRIDRICH 🎭 ⚡️⚡️⚡️ DMITRY MEDVEDEV @medvedev_telegram replied in writing to several of my questions:
Dmitry Medvedev (Interview by Nadana Fridrichson)
Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev
Nadana FRIDRICHSON: Bloomberg writes that the Biden administration's plan to send Ukraine more advanced weapons and allow Kiev to strike Russian targets in Crimea will force Russia to negotiate with Ukraine. How do you assess their strategy? Are they right in their prediction?
DMITRY MEDVEDEV: No, they are not. The result will be just the opposite. There will be no negotiations, only retaliatory strikes. All of Ukraine, which remains under Kyiv's rule, will go up in flames.
This reasoning can only be made by moral freaks, of which there are many in the White House and the Capitol. By the way, people in the Pentagon are more adequate, they understand the consequences.
If Washington really wanted to end the war it provoked, it could do so with a snap of a finger, ordering its drug-addled lackeys to the negotiating table. But the Washington morons in the Administration and the hawks in the Congress are simply not interested.
NADANA FRIDRICHSON: If Kiev, with the permission of the United States, starts striking at Crimea or deep into Russia, what would be our response?
DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Our response could be anything. The President of Russia has made this quite clear. We place no limits on ourselves and, depending on the nature of the threat, we are prepared to use all kinds of weapons. In line with our doctrinal documents, including the Fundamentals of Nuclear Deterrence. I can assure you: the response will be swift, tough and convincing.
NADANA FRIDRICHSON: Europe is in an economic and energy crisis. Do you sympathise with the Europeans?
DMITRY MEDVEDEV: I don't sympathise. We should sympathise with our people in Donbas and other territories that are under attack by the Nazis. Europeans should be pitied only because they chose such wretched leaders for themselves.
The "Euro-leaders" do not care about their own citizens. To please the American suzerain, these dwarf rulers are willing to do anything to stay in power. At the same time, ordinary EU citizens are paying for the sanctions, arms supplies to the Kiev regime, support for trade wars and blockades, and literally so.
The Russian president has condemned Western tank deliveries to Ukraine, promising a response that goes beyond armored vehicles | Russian President Vladimir Putin has hit out at the looming deliveries of Western-made tanks to Ukraine, warning that Moscow’s response to the threat will span far beyond armored vehicles. The Russian leader made the comments during a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of victory at the Battle of Stalingrad. 💬 "Unbelievable, but true – we are once again threatened with German Leopard tanks, with crosses on their hull. And once again seeking to battle Russia in Ukraine with the help of Hitler’s followers, the Banderites. Those seeking to defeat Russia on the battlefield apparently do not realize that a modern war with Russia would be entirely different for them. We’re not sending our tanks to their borders. Yet we have something to respond with, and it would not be limited to armor use only, everyone must realize that,” he said. (link)
■ Response to potential strikes ‘inside Russia’ to be hard, convincing — Medvedev (TASS)
■ Les 80 ans de la Victoire de Stalingrad : les leçons de l'histoire (Russie politics)
■ 80th anniversary of victory in Battle of Stalingrad (President of Russia) | The Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942 – February 2, 1943) went down in history as one of the longest WWII land battles, involving the highest number of troops. It marked a major turning point in the war and became a symbol of a moral victory over fascism. On February 2, commemorative events marking the 80th anniversary of Soviet troops defeating the Nazis in the Battle of Stalingrad are held throughout the country. Every year, the Volgograd Region becomes the centre of a national celebration. In 2011, the Battle of Stalingrad State Historical and Memorial Museum and Reserve was recognised as a particularly valuable cultural heritage site of the peoples of the Russian Federation.
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"The whole of Ukraine left under Kiev's rule will go up in flames"
The highlight of Medvedev's interview. Dmitry Medvedev has promised a "swift, tough and convincing" response to strikes on Crimea
Grigory Plakuchev
gazeta.ru
Russia does not place any limits on itself and is ready to use all kinds of weapons depending on the nature of the threats, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, has pointed out. He said that in case Ukraine strikes Crimea, "there will be no negotiations, only retaliatory strikes". He assured that Moscow's response would be swift, tough and convincing. Read more in Gazeta.ru's article.
In the event of Ukrainian strikes on Crimea, "there will be no negotiations", the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitriy Medvedev, has said. His answers to questions from journalist Nadana Friedrichson on Saturday, February 4, were published on her Telegram channel.
In particular, Medvedev was asked whether Moscow would be forced to negotiate with Kiev over strikes on Crimea. "There will be no negotiations in this case, only retaliatory strikes.
The whole of Ukraine left under Kiev's rule will go up in flames.
Our response could be anything. The Russian president has said this quite definitely," he said.
Medvedev added that Russia does not place any limits on itself, and depending on the nature of threats is ready to use all kinds of weapons "in accordance with our doctrinal documents, including the Fundamentals of Nuclear Deterrence".
"I can assure you: the response will be swift, tough and convincing," he pointed out.
We should add that Dmitry Medvedev's spontaneous approval rating for Russian politicians stands at 4%, according to the January poll (it was 3% in December).
"Could be seen as a declaration of war."
For his part, State Duma deputy Mikhail Sheremet said strikes on Crimea by US missiles could be seen as a declaration of war by the US.
"An attempt by Ukrainian troops to launch a missile strike on Crimea would be seen as a declaration of war by the US.
It's time for American failed politicians to realise, before it's too late, that joking with Russia and rattling weapons will turn out badly for their state," he was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti.
The parliamentarian claims that all actions of the Ukrainian army are allegedly supervised by Washington and "commands are given from there where to fire the US-supplied weapons."
"So let the Americans keep to their tales about allegedly using missiles at Kiev's discretion.
In case of provocation, both the Kiev authorities and their handlers across the ocean will be held to account," Sheremet said.
According to his estimates, it is time to completely "cut the corridors" through which Western weapons are supplied to Ukraine by launching high-precision strikes on railway junction stations, places where Ukrainian troops train and repair military equipment, and airfields.
"We must convince the US and its closest acolyte Poland of the futility of aggression against Russia. They must realise that attacking a country with a missile barrage is not only foolish, but also deadly," the MP concluded.
The USA earlier announced a $2.2bn military assistance package to Ukraine. It includes air defence equipment and long-range missiles for HIMARS.
The Pentagon noted that the United States left it to the Ukrainian authorities to use long-range missiles for strikes on Crimea.
According to Russia's nuclear doctrine, Russia may use nuclear weapons if an adversary uses this or other types of weapons of mass destruction against Russia and its allies, reliable information about ballistic missile launches to attack Russia and its allies is received, the adversary impacts on facilities necessary for retaliatory actions of nuclear forces, and in case of aggression against Russia using conventional weapons when the very existence of the state is threatened.
(Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator; free version)
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Source: FridrihShow. IMG: © RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service/AP
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