Medvedev warns Europe of the nuclear danger of war with Russia
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Deputy head of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev delivers a speech during a session of the educational marathon \"Knowledge. First\" in Moscow, Russia, April 29, 2025. Sputnik/Yekaterina Shtukina/Pool via REUTERS
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MOSCOW - Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that Europe could not afford a war against Russia but that if its leaders made the mistake of triggering one then it could escalate into a conflict with weapons of mass destruction.
Russia, Medvedev said on Telegram, does not need such a war, including with "frigid old Europe".
"They simply cannot afford a war with Russia," Medvedev said of European powers, adding that "the possibility of a fatal accident always exists."
"And such a conflict has an absolutely real risk of escalating into a war using weapons of mass destruction," Medvedev, who is now deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said. REUTERS
