Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that Europe cannot afford a war with Russia, but if its leaders make a mistake and provoke it, it could escalate into a conflict with weapons of mass destruction.
Russia, Medvedev said on Telegram, does not need such a war, including a war with “cold old Europe.”
“They simply cannot afford a war with Russia,” Medvedev said of the European powers, adding that “the possibility of a deadly conflict always exists.”
“And such a conflict has an absolutely real risk of escalating into a war with weapons of mass destruction,” stressed Medvedev, who is now deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council.
