Dmitry Medvedev warns the US that it must take Russia's nuclear warnings seriously to prevent World War III

Moscow has warned the US that it must take Russia’s nuclear warnings seriously to prevent World War III.

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council who served as the country’s president from 2008 to 2012, warned the US on Saturday that it was “wrong” to believe “that the Russians will never cross a certain line.”

He told Russian state broadcaster RT that Moscow believed the current American and European political establishment lacked the “foresight and subtlety of mind” exhibited by the late Henry Kissinger.

“When we talk about the existence of our state, as the president of our country has repeatedly said, you are humbled
Servant has said, of course others have said that we simply have no choice,” Medvedev said.

Russia has been signaling to the West for weeks that Moscow will respond if the US and its allies help Ukraine fire longer-range missiles deep into Russia.

US diplomats have previously said Washington is not seeking to escalate the war in Ukraine.

It is not the first time that Medvedev has warned of a serious escalation of the conflict in Ukraine.

In September, he threatened that Ukraine’s invasion of the Russian territory of Kursk had given Russia formal reasons to use nuclear weapons.

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It comes as Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, became the subject of an overnight airstrike that lasted until midday today and left one person injured, city officials said. All the drones had been shot down.

President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has recently seen North Korean troops fight alongside the Russian armyAttacks were also reported in the central regions of Poltava and the northeastern regions of Sumy and Kharkiv.

“This year we have had to deal with the threat of ‘Shahed’ drones almost every night – sometimes in the morning and even during the night.
the day,” he wrote on social media, referring to the Iranian-made attack drones used by Russia.

Kiev’s military said on Friday that Moscow’s armed forces had launched more than 2,000 drones at civilian and military targets
throughout Ukraine in October alone.

Russia has denied targeting civilians and said energy facilities are legitimate targets if they are part of Ukraine’s military infrastructure.