MOSCOW/KYIV - Former Russian President and current Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has expressed Russia’s desire to take the Ukrainian Capital of Kyiv, as well as Odesa before its “Special Military Operation” on the country is over.
He also repeated threats that Russia would resort to using nuclear weapons and global war if the country were to lose the war and attempts were made to restore Russia to 1991 borders.
“Dmitry Medvedev has kind of gone off the deep end in recent years once Putin told him his time as president was up…. I pretty much discount what Medvedev has to say…. My view is that particularly after the first few months that concern has been considerably exaggerated….
The consequences of crossing the nuclear threshold are enormous and it will bring countries that are sort of in the middle right now, like India, off the sidelines. And then you have Xi Jinping twice publicly warning Putin not to use nuclear weapons.” – Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates.
