Former Russian President and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev: It is Now War with NATO! By Richard Miller (Europe)
Trump cannot become president soon enough as far as the Ukraine War situation goes. At present the Russians see themselves at war with NATO. According to former Russian president and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, all red lines have now been crossed with the supply by the Biden administration of long-range missiles to strike deep within the heart of Russia. 'It's not going to go unnoticed... It will change the rules of engagement - it's proof that NATO and Washington and other participants in the alliance are not just participating in a hybrid war, but a war in every sense of the word against our country.
'Negotiations are a long way off, events like this could push those negotiations back even further.'
'Any strikes on Russia are unequivocally unacceptable. What happened was a crossing of all red lines.'"
Further, Sir Richard Dearlove, who led Britain's secret intelligence service MI6 from 1999-2004, said that this was now an actual war between NATO and Russia. "(Polish Prime Minister) Donald Tusk has referred to it as a pre-war situation. I think he's wrong. I think it's an actual war."
It goes to show, that one can only poke a bear with a red-hot missile for so long before the bear fires back! Putin is now threatening to use once again its new nuclear-capable intermediate ballistic missile. At present there has been a targeting of energy infrastructure, but future attacks are likely to be of command centres.
"NATO and the US are now at 'full war' with Russia after the West crossed 'all red lines' allowing Ukraine to strike targets across the border with Western missiles, former Russian president and prime minister Dmitry Medvedev has declared.
Medvedev, a close Putin ally who now serves as the Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council, said that every Ukrainian strike on Russian territory with Western weapons would be met with a response.
'It's not going to go unnoticed... It will change the rules of engagement - it's proof that NATO and Washington and other participants in the alliance are not just participating in a hybrid war, but a war in every sense of the word against our country.
'Negotiations are a long way off, events like this could push those negotiations back even further,' he told Saudi Arabia's Al-Arabiya.
'Any strikes on Russia are unequivocally unacceptable. What happened was a crossing of all red lines.'
It comes as the ex-chief of MI6 admitted Britain must 'face up to the fact' the Kremlin feels it is fighting a war with the West, rather than just Ukraine.
Sir Richard Dearlove, who led Britain's secret intelligence service from 1999 - 2004, told Sky News this week: '(Polish Prime Minister) Donald Tusk has referred to it as a pre-war situation. I think he's wrong. I think it's an actual war.'
He went on to justify his statement by referring to examples of Russian hybrid warfare on countries across Europe involving sabotage plots, cyber-attacks and 'very aggressive moves'.
The Kremlin chief's stark warning, delivered this morning, followed hours after Russian forces pounded Ukraine with dozens of missiles and drones overnight in an attempt to degrade the energy network as a bitter winter approaches.
Putin also announced that Russia's production of advanced missile systems exceeds that of the NATO military alliance by 10 times, adding that Moscow plans to ramp up production yet further.
Russian attacks have not yet struck government buildings in the Ukrainian capital which is heavily protected by air defences.
But Putin claims Russia's new 'Oreshnik' hypersonic missile, which it fired for the first time at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro last week in response to the first ATACMS and Storm Shadow strikes in Russia, is incapable of being intercepted.
'Of course, we will respond to the ongoing strikes on Russian territory with long-range Western-made missiles, as has already been said, including by possibly continuing to test the Oreshnik in combat conditions, as was done on November 21,' Putin told a meeting of a security alliance of ex-Soviet countries in Kazakhstan.
'At present, the Ministry of Defence and the General Staff are selecting targets to hit on Ukrainian territory. These could be military facilities, defence and industrial enterprises, or decision-making centres in Kyiv,' he said.
This morning's barrage, in which Ukraine downed 79 missiles and 35 drones, left over a million Ukrainians without electricity in freezing cold temperatures.
'This is a very despicable escalation of Russian terrorist tactics,' Volodymyr Zelensky said."
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"Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to strike Ukraine again with a new nuclear-capable ballistic missile following Moscow's latest widespread attack on critical energy infrastructure.
More than a million households in Ukraine were left without power following the overnight bombardment, authorities in the country said Thursday. It's Russia's 11th large-scale assault on Ukraine's energy supplies this year alone, according to the Energy Ministry in Kyiv, a strategy that has caused nationwide rolling blackouts.
Speaking at a security summit in Kazakhstan Thursday, Putin claimed the overnight attacks were a response to strikes on Russian territory using US-made ATACMS missiles. He also warned he would consider further launches of Russia's new "Oreshnik" medium-range ballistic missile, first fired at Ukraine's Dnipro region last week.
"We will respond to the ongoing strikes on Russian territory by Western-made long-range missiles, including the possible continuation of the Oreshnik test in combat conditions," he said.
Putin also praised US President-elect Donald Trump, describing him as an "intelligent and experienced" politician capable of finding "solutions," as tensions rise between Moscow and Kyiv's Western partners.
The Russian leader claimed his forces hit 17 targets, describing them as "military facilities, defense industry facilities and their support systems," without acknowledging the attacks on power infrastructure. "As I have said many times, there will always be a response from our side (to the use of American ATACMS)," Putin said.
Putin, who has previously said that Moscow considers itself entitled to use weapons against military targets belonging to countries that allow their weapons to be used against Russia, also threatened further strikes.
Russia's Ministry of Defense is "selecting targets for hitting on Ukrainian territory," he said. "These could be military facilities, defense industry enterprises or decision-making centers in Kyiv."
Russia's use of the Oreshnik ballistic missile, which carries multiple warheads, last week marked a decisive, and potentially dangerous moment in Moscow's conflict with the West, and may be the first time such a weapon has been used in war."
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