Medvedev lashes out at NATO promises, warns of dire Ukraine outcomes

Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, is closely monitoring events in Washington concerning the NATO summit. In a post on his Telegram channel, he expressed his irritation with how Ukraine was treated at this event. Strong words were spoken.

A ceremonial summit was convened on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the USA. During the event in Washington, to which President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky was invited, Russia was discussed as a threat to world peace. There were also assurances of an irrevocable promise to admit Ukraine to NATO.

"Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine destroyed peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area and seriously undermined global security. Russia remains the largest and most direct threat to the security of the Allies," the participants of the summit in Washington wrote in a declaration.

The text, published on the NATO website, must have angered Dmitry Medvedev. The declarations towards Ukraine, which cannot be admitted to NATO due to the ongoing war following the Russian invasion of Kyiv in February 2022 but has a promised place in the alliance, filled the cup of bitterness.

The Russian politician devoted a venomous post to Ukraine on Telegram's social media channel. He quoted one sentence: "'We will continue to support it on its irreversible path to full Euro-Atlantic integration, including NATO membership.' That is what our enemies said yesterday in the Washington Declaration of the Alliance,” he wrote.

He commented in a brutal way: "The conclusion is obvious. We must do everything to ensure that the 'irreversible path' of Ukraine to NATO ends either with the disappearance of Ukraine or the disappearance of NATO. Or, even better, both," Medvedev wrote.

The day before, he posted even more inflammatory words on social media. He called Volodymyr Zelensky "a divine clown" and "the former president of the former Ukraine." He also used a vulgar term, referring to him as a "genital pianist."

Medvedev considered scenarios predicting Ukraine's admission to NATO. He assumed that Kyiv could enter peace negotiations with Moscow only to "rebuild military and human potential." He predicted that then there could be declarations of refusal to join NATO. However, he assessed that these "in themselves will lead to nothing." According to Medvedev, if such assurances are given, "a new, third bloody Maidan will quickly begin in Kyiv, which will sweep away the current junta and bring even more radical ones to power."

Then, as Medvedev plots, Washington will also suffer defeat. "It will be more difficult for the Western alliance to provide assistance to unabashed extremists," Medvedev explained. "Besides, they will have to openly admit that tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer money was wasted. So Washington and its associates will force the Kiev Nazis to recognize the outcome of the war," Medvedev predicts.