Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that NATO is the fault of Moscow’s decision to withdraw from a long -term moratorium about the use of rockets.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced earlier this week that it would no longer be bound by the nuclear troop treaty of the intervening reach. The US had withdrawn from the treaty in 2019, but Russian officials had said they would prevent them from having nuclear missiles on short and average series of use as long as the US did the same.
“The statement of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the withdrawal of the moratorium on the use of rockets with average and short distance is the result of the anti-Russian policy of NATO countries,” Medvedev posted on X.
“This is a new reality that all our opponents have to take into account. Expect further steps,” he added.
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The Russian deputy head of the Dmitry Medvedev Security Council blamed NATO for Moscow that ended a nuclear rocket treaty.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov initially dropped the moratorium in December, stating alleged “destabilizing actions” by the US and NATO.
“Since the situation is developing in the direction of the actual deployment of national medium and short-range missiles made by the US and the Asia-Pacific region, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes that the conditions for maintaining a Unilateral Moratorium on the use of similar weapons have disappeared,” the ministry said in a statement in a statement in a statement in a statement in a statement in a statement.
The Inf-Convention, signed in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, eliminated a whole class of weapons-on-land launched missiles with a range of 500 to 5,500 kilometers.
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The latest comments from Medvedev are in the midst of a constant back and forth with President Donald Trump. The former Russian president had led Trump in a series of posts on X, and claimed that the US was “war” with Moscow.
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In response, Trump announced that the US is again using two nuclear submarines for “suitable regions” closer to Moscow.
Shortly thereafter, the Kremlin made the comments from Medvedev that trivialized the comments from Medvedev.
The regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the nuclear issues approach with ‘great caution’. (Alexanderov/AFP via Getty images)
“We approach all statements regarding nuclear issues with great caution,” said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. “As you know, Russia has a responsible position. The position of President Putin is known.”
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“Russia takes the issue of nuclear non-proliferation very seriously,” he added. “And of course we believe that everyone should be extremely careful when it comes to nuclear rhetoric.”
Reuters has contributed to this report
