Putin Ally Issues Chilling Warning: Ukraine’s NATO Bid Could Spark ‘World War 3’ – A Dire Threat to Global Stability

“If you believe that the United States and Russia will never cross the line, you are mistaken.”
“The United States must take our nuclear warning seriously.”

AP Newsis Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, who is a close member of Russian President Vladimir Putin, warned that the continued participation of the United States in the war in Ukraine could lead to the First World War.

Specifically, the so-called ‘red line’ referred to Ukraine’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and allowing long-range weapons to be used to strike deep into Russia.

According to Sky News and Newsweek on the 2nd (local time), Vice Chairman Medvedev said in an interview with Russian state-run RT that day, “It is wrong for the United States to believe that Russia will never cross a certain line.”

Vice-Chairman Medevedev emphasized that allowing Ukraine to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a choice of world war.

Referring to former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who died aged 100 last November, he said, “Just before he died, Kissinger seemed to have some regrets and said, ‘Now we have no choice but to get Ukraine into NATO. “I suggested it,” he said.

“I think Kissinger made a mistake in this,” he said “There was no such previous decision.” “Because it is still quite clear what to choose between a promise and the possibility of starting World War III.”

Vice Chairman Medevedev mentioned the recent push for changes to the country’s nuclear doctrine on the basis that such threats could become a reality.

Russia is trying to significantly relax its standards for the use of nuclear weapons after Ukraine asked the West to allow it to use long-range weapons to strike deep inside Russia.

The nuclear doctrine revision bill promoted by Russia aims to lower the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons by opening up attack targets even to countries that do not have nuclear weapons. Another feature is the expansion of Russia’s nuclear umbrella to ally Belarus.

Vice Chairman Medvedev emphasized that Russia’s nuclear warning must be taken seriously in order to avoid World War III.

Meanwhile, until now, Western countries such as the United States have provided Ukraine with long-range weapons, but they have limited their use to inside the Ukrainian border or to some areas near the border. They maintain a cautious stance, wary of the response and progress of war from Russia, which has nuclear weapons.

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