"Freshly baked idiot". "Crazy". Medvedev attacks London and Berlin
The former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, has criticized the new Defense Minister of Great Britain. He also took a swing at the head of the German Defense Ministry. Non-parliamentary words were used. What's more, Medvedev threatened Russia's attacks on factories in Germany.
Oct 2, 2023 | updated: 9:05 AM EDT, October 5, 2023
In an interview with "The Sunday Telegraph", the new British Defense Minister Grant Shapps revealed his plans. He stated that he discussed this issue with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a recent visit to Kiev, and then with British military commanders.
However, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak quickly cooled expectations raised by the minister's statement. He said that Shapps's words cannot be understood as an announcement of the immediate dispatch of British instructors to Ukraine. According to the Prime Minister in London, such a possibility exists, but in the longer term. - No British troops will be sent to the current conflict. Nothing like this is happening - assured Prime Minister Sunak.
Medvedev: "They will be destroyed"
Meanwhile, the former president of Russia and current deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, known for his very sharp statements, felt he had to respond to Shapps' words.
On the social media platform Telegram, Medvedev called the British minister a "freshly baked idiot". In his opinion, sending British instructors to Ukraine would mean that these soldiers would become a legitimate target for the Russian armed forces. - They are fully aware that they will be ruthlessly destroyed. Not as mercenaries, but as British NATO specialists - Medvedev emphasized.
No less harshly, the Russian politician attacked the head of the German Bundestag's defense commission, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, who acknowledged the Ukrainians' right to attack military targets even on Russian territory. She mentioned in this context the German Taurus missiles, which Kiev needs but Berlin still reluctantly supplies to the Ukrainian forces.
Medvedev called Strack-Zimmermann "crazy" and threatened that in the event of Taurus deliveries to Ukraine, attacks on German factories where these missiles are produced will be "fully consistent with international law".
