KREMLIN WARNS AGAINST WAR RHETORIC AS RUSSIA-NATO TENSIONS SURGE

Mon 29 September 2025:

The deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, said on Monday that speculation in European countries about a possible war with Russia in the next five years “should not happen,” stressing it goes against Moscow’s interests.

“Russia does not need a war with anyone in principle, including with the frigid old Europe. There is nothing to gain there,” Medvedev wrote on his Telegram channel.

He also argued that Europe’s economy is “weak and dependent on the US” and accused the continent of “losing its identity, dissolving into aggressive migrants.”

Medvedev dismissed the possibility of European states starting a war themselves, claiming they are “vulnerable and divided.”

At the same time, he warned of “the likelihood of a fatal accident” and the risk of escalation could potentially lead to the use of weapons of mass destruction, he said.

Medvedev, who also served as Russia’s president from 2008 to 2012, has repeatedly made harsh statements against Western governments throughout the Ukraine war. His latest remarks follow growing debates in Europe on defense spending and security preparedness.

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Russia-NATO Tensions

Russia’s war in Ukraine rages on, but now it’s spilling over NATO’s borders, turning Cold War-era saber-rattling into a high-stakes game of chicken. It kicked off September 10 when 19 Russian Shahed-style drones—likely launched from Belarus—swarmed deep into Polish airspace during a barrage on western Ukraine.

NATO jets from Poland, the Netherlands, and Italy scrambled, shooting down several in a frantic defense that disrupted flights and invoked Article 4 consultations for the first time in months.

Poland called it an ‘unprecedented violation,’ with debris crashing into homes—no casualties, but alarms blaring across Europe.

A single Russian drone buzzed 10 km into Romania on September 13, lingering 50 minutes.

On September 19, three Russian fighter jets brazenly pierced Estonia’s skies—the fourth violation there this year—prompting NATO Gripens to intercept.

Unidentified drones popped up near Germany’s Danish border and even over a French military base, fueling fears of hybrid sabotage.

Russia has dismissed NATO’s accusations of airspace violations as “baseless claims,” while simultaneously conducting joint Zapad-2025 military exercises with Belarus, including test-firing Kalibr missiles from submarines.

At the UN on September 25, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov blasted NATO and the EU for waging a ‘real war’ on Russia via Ukraine, vowing a ‘decisive response’ to any aggression.

Meanwhile, U.S. President Trump shifted tones, mocking Putin as a ‘paper tiger’ and greenlighting NATO to shoot down intruding jets—echoed by Poland’s Sikorski: ‘Don’t whine if wreckage falls on your turf.’

France floated tougher rules of engagement, but stopped short of live fire.

Analysts say Moscow’s probing NATO’s red lines—testing resolve amid Ukraine stalemate, diverting resources, or signaling nuclear brinkmanship.

Estonia’s digging anti-tank trenches; Germany’s prepping mass casualty plans.

Tensions between Russia and NATO have reached their highest point since 1945, with both sides eager to avoid catastrophic conflict, but a single misstep could lead to disaster.

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