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War of words: Russia’s Medvedev rebukes Trump over Putin social media post

War of words: Russia’s Medvedev rebukes Trump over Putin social media post

Donald Trump, the president of the United States, criticised by a senior Russian security official for refusing to participate in Ukraine ceasefire talks with Kyiv, raising the possibility of a new world war.

In a response to Trump, who had earlier posted a message to Putin on social media saying “really bad things would have already happened in Russia” without his intervention, Dmitry Medvedev said World War III was the only “REALLY BAD thing.”

Vladimir Putin is unaware that, if it weren’t for me, there would have been a lot of terrible things going on in Russia, and I mean REALLY bad things. Trump stated in a post on his platform Truth Social that he is “playing with fire.”

Regarding Trump’s comments about Putin “playing with fire” and “really bad things happening to Russia,” Medvedev responded on the platform X. WWIII is the only thing I am aware of that is genuinely bad.

Trump should be aware of this, I hope so!

Medvedev, who is a key ally of Putin and deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, is known for his sabre-rattling remarks. He was a key Russian ally between 2008 and 2012.

He has repeatedly warned that Moscow might use its nuclear arsenal throughout Russia’s conflict with Ukraine.

In a state-of-the-world address in March 2024, Putin also warned of the possibility of nuclear conflict and that Russia’s nuclear arsenal would be affected if it were to decide to send troops to Ukraine.

With the use of nuclear weapons and thus the destruction of civilization, Putin said at the time, “everything that the West comes up with creates the real threat of a conflict.”

In addition to the US president’s repeated repeated threats to launch aerial attacks on Ukraine in response to Medvedev’s public rebuke of Trump, which comes after the US president claimed in a post on Sunday that Putin had “gone absolutely crazy” despite Washington’s unsuccessful attempts to broker a peace deal.

Vladimir Putin and I’ve always had a good relationship, but something happened to him, Trump wrote on Sunday.

Trump also stated to reporters that, given the ceasefire talks’ impasse, he was considering imposing new sanctions on Russia.

As a result of the word war on social media, Russian ally Russia’s conflict with its neighbor is at an all-time low. On Tuesday, Russian forces seized four villages in the northeastern Sumy region of Ukraine, causing yet another setback on the battlefield.

Although residents had been evicted for a while, Sumy Governor Oleh Hryhorov claimed that Russia had occupied the villages of Novenke, Basivka, Veselivka, and Zhuravka.

As the more than three-year conflict rages on, Russia’s Ministry of Defense announced on Monday that it had also taken the nearby village of Bilovody, implying a further advance into Ukrainian territory.

Officials in Ukraine have been reporting for weeks that Russian troops are attempting to invade the Sumy region, whose main city is located less than 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Russia’s border.

According to a spokesman for Ukraine’s border guard service, Russian forces have been widening the area where they have been carrying out assaults on the front line while attacking in small groups on motorcycles and using aerial drones.

Source: Aljazeera

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