Top security officer and former president of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, said that Moscow should consider launching “preventive strikes” to the West while the US and his NATO fellow people raise defensive support for Ukraine.
“The statements of Western politicians on this subject are complete nonsense,” said Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, in an interview with State Media Outlet Tass, according to Reuters Reporting.
“We must act accordingly. To respond fully. And if necessary, launch preventive strikes,” he added.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and former President Dmitry Medvedev attend a cabinet meeting in Moscow, January 15, 2020. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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The comments from Medvedev only come two days after President Donald Trump had announced secondary rates on Moscow by drawing 100% rates on countries that buy Russian oil if the Kremlin does not enter into a peace agreement with Ukraine in the coming 50 days.
Reports also emerged this week and claimed that Trump had considered the possibility that Ukraine hit the Russian capital, while earlier this month he was in a phone call with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyyy. KYIV would not comment on the issue and the White House said that the question was taken “from the context” and was not an attempt to “encourage killing further”.
Trump said this week that the US would send patriot missiles to NATO countries, which would then be routed to Ukraine, and on Wednesday he suggested that the refined weapons were already en route to Germany.
“They are already being sent,” Trump said reporters from a joint basis Andrews in Maryland. “They come from Germany and then replaced by Germany. And in all cases the United States will be fully reimbursed.”
But the timing of the arms discharge systems and where exactly they are routed to remain unclear as spokesperson for the German Ministry of Defense on Thursday, reporters told that he had no knowledge of such an incoming shipping.
“I cannot confirm that there is currently something on the road. I am not known,” the spokesperson reportedly told Swiss Outlet SRFBefore he notes that a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) will be held on Monday, when the delivery specifications of American Patriot Systems will be excluded.
Ukrainian and German soldiers train on the Patriot Air Defense Missiles system in a military training area in Germany in June 2024. (Jens Büttner/Picture Alliance via Getty Images)
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But the rapid delivery of the American rocket systems seems to be a top priority for Washington and NATO, because Switzerland, which is not NATO, also announced on Thursday that the expected reception of five Patriot batteries, purchased from the US in 2022 with a dedicated delivery date to start in 2026, was.
“The Ministry of Defense of the United States has informed the (Swiss Ministry of Defense) that it will repeat the delivery of Patriot Systems to support Ukraine, focused on ground -based air defense,” the said the ministry In a statement.
“No explanation can be made at this stage with regard to the exact timing and further implications for Switzerland,” the ministry added. “Clarifications are underway.”
Medvedev said on Thursday that NATO’s action came down on a full war against Russia through the West.
“What is happening today is a proxy war, but essentially it is a complete war (launches of Western missiles, satellite information, etc.), Sanctie packages, loud statements about Europe’s militaries,” he said the Russian media outlet.
Although the urge to punish Patriot Systems and threats to penalize Moscow are important because it is the first time that Trump has submitted office, he has looked at actively combating Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war effort, not everyone is convinced that it is strong enough.
EU leaders commented earlier in the week on the duration that the president has assigned to Putin, despite months of diplomacy that did not bring real action on the battlefield.
Soldiers of the 30th Prince Konstanty Ostrogski Mechanized Brigade Fire A rocket of a BM-21 Grad multiple Rocket-Launcher in Russian troops positions in the Donetsk direction, Ukraine, on 3 June 2025. (Ukinnel/Nurphoto via Getty images)
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And Zenskyy noticed that waiting 50 days means another 50 days of death for Ukrainian citizens.
“Fifty days, for us, is normal – every day is scary,” said Zenskyy in an interview with The New York Post On Thursday.
“Putin wasted the time of President Trump,” he added. “I would really like to see that the United States, the Congress and the President put this situation under pressure with sanctions and the sooner, the faster it can, the better.”
“We definitely want to speed up this process,” Zenskyy added. ‘We will work on our part to provide more information [to Trump]More arguments for strong sanctions against Russia. “
