According to Russian news agencies, Medvedev said this on the French television channel LCI without giving any specific details. Russia will continue its “military special operation” until it has achieved its goals, the current Vice Chairman of the Russian Security Council confirmed.
However, according to Medvedev, even an official no by Ukraine to NATO membership would not end the war in Ukraine. “Resigning from joining the North Atlantic Alliance is now absolutely crucial, but not enough to bring about peace,” he said, justifying Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. “A special military operation is being carried out so that there will be no third world war,” the current deputy chief of the National Security Council called the procedure in Ukraine “maximally gentle and moderate” in the quarter-hour conversation.
Russia has repeatedly presented the war against Ukraine, which it started itself at the end of February, as an allegedly necessary measure to protect its own people. Medvedev reiterated accusations against NATO and Western countries of waging “a so-called proxy war against the Russian Federation.” . Russia currently has no plans to use nuclear weapons.
The 56-year-old was President of Russia between 2008 and 2012 and is considered a close confidant of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin. He is an ardent supporter of war. He has repeatedly spoken disparagingly of Ukraine and even questioned its continued existence. Interviews with Russian politicians in the Western media have repeatedly drawn criticism. An appearance by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Italian television, whose statements were not questioned critically enough in the eyes of many, triggered outrage.
Source: Nachrichten
