No End in Sight: Russia Aims to Destroy Ukraine Within Ten Years

Putin’s Personal Hawk Medvedev Prepares Russians for a Long War

Clarus
3 min readJul 20, 2024
Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev like to talk a bit game(reuters)

Dmitry Medvedev, the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, once took over as Vladimir Putin’s charade partner, temporarily holding the presidency of the Russian Federation before returning it to his patron. He is usually known in the Ukraine war for his shrill nuclear threats against the West. He particularly likes to threaten to turn Russia’s enemies, or even the planet, into “radioactive dust” — statements that need no explanation. Now, he has given an interview to the state-aligned Russian media Argumenty i Fakty (AIF) whose core message is deeper than one might think at first.

Turning Ukraine into “Radioactive Dust”

Medvedev gladly acts as a presidential puppet to extent Putin’s reign (Cartoonmovement.com)

When AIF asked Medvedev for examples of “unfriendly actions by Kyiv and NATO” against Russia, he responded: “NATO has only one interest: to turn Ukraine into a means to destroy Russia.” Its Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had thus “recently openly stated that he considers the accession of Ukraine to the alliance a good scenario … by the year…

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Clarus

Hello, I'm Clarus. I cover geopolitics, with focus on the Ukraine War.