Putin's ally reacts to Finland's decision: A rise in likelihood of direct Russian war - NATO

One of Russia's closest allies, Vladimir Putin, has responded to news that Finland and Sweden are moving towards NATO membership and has warned that the West is increasing military support for Ukraine, which is promoting a conflict between Russia and the military alliance, writes CNN, [...]
Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president who is now deputy head of Russia's security council, said a conflict with NATO always maintains the risk of becoming a total nuclear war.
NATO's “countries that are sending weapons to Ukraine, which are training troops to use Western weapons, which are sending mercenaries and exercises of allied countries close to the border increase the likelihood of a direct and open conflict between Russia and NATO”, he said a post in Telegram.
There is always danger that a total nuclear war is transformed and this would be a terrible” scenario, Medvedev concluded. /Periscopi/











