Arrest warrants for Russian officials could spark war: Medvedev warns

Many pieces of information provided by Russian state media or Kremlin officials are likely not true. Such reports may be elements of the Russian Federation's information war.

The former President of Russia has repeatedly accused the USA and European countries in recent months of claiming the right to "send any weapon to Ukraine" while "all other countries cannot help Russia."

Medvedev explained it as if a hostile country had attacked Russia. Yet it is Russia behind the invasion of Ukraine.

Now, he delivered his speech at the International Legal Forum (SPBILF). The Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia admitted that the arrest of officials from other countries could be a cause for declaring war.

This was his reaction to the fact that on June 25, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for former Defense Minister and Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Sergey Shoigu and Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov.

The execution of the decision to arrest his officials, illegal and ineffective concerning a specific state, could be an act of declaring war - said Medvedev at the plenary session of the International Legal Forum in St. Petersburg.

The war in Ukraine has been ongoing for nearly 2.5 years. How many lives has it claimed during this time? Estimates vary depending on the source, but tens or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers have certainly died in the war.

The American newspaper "The New York Times," citing data from NATO and Western intelligence, reports that it was particularly bloody in May of this year. During this month, Russia supposedly suffered massive losses. Each day, a thousand Russian soldiers were said to have died or been injured, claims the newspaper.