{"id":277558,"date":"2023-12-09T06:19:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T06:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=277558"},"modified":"2023-12-11T07:51:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T07:51:40","slug":"putins-top-ally-predicts-rivers-of-blood-warns-globe-hasnt-been-closer-to-nuclear-ww3-since-cuban-missile-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=277558","title":{"rendered":"Putin\u2019s top ally predicts \u2018rivers of blood\u2019 &#038; warns globe hasn\u2019t been closer to nuclear WW3 since Cuban Missile Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Will Stewart, Aiya Zhussupova \u2013 The Sun Dec Dec 8, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Russian-President-Medvedev.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-54773\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Russian-President-Medvedev.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Russian-President-Medvedev.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Russian-President-Medvedev-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a>THE Kremlin today warned that the threat of a nuclear world war has never been so great since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Former Russian president and close <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/vladimir-putin\/\">Putin<\/a> crony Dmitry Medvedev predicted \u201cnew rivers of blood will flow\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He lambasted the Biden administration\u2019s attempts to force the US congress to approve more military support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cNever have they extorted so much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/money\/\">money<\/a> for a minor state [Ukraine] that is in the process of collapse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever have they so aggressively and brazenly extracted money for a country that openly corrupted the current President of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/united-states\/\">United States<\/a> and members of his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was referring to allegations\u00a0of shady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/business\/\">business<\/a> dealings\u00a0linked to Joe Biden\u2019s son, Hunter, in Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as another one of Putin&#8217;s top diplomats also threatened to target Nato countries if Ukraine\u2019s new F-16 fighters are based in Poland, Slovakia and Romania.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Zakharova &#8211; spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry &#8211; warned the West that the advanced fighters will be a fair target for Russia if they are based in NATO countries.<\/p>\n<p>Such an act by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/vladimir-putin\/\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> would almost certainly trigger war between the West and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev added: \u201cNever since the Cuban Missile Crisis has the threat of a direct clash between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/nato\/\">Nato<\/a> leading to the Third World War been so real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev &#8211; known for outlandish rants threatening war &#8211; also accused various US presidents throughout <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/history\/\">history<\/a> of blackmailing lawmakers to fund wars and aid their allies.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cThe administration and their frightened fosterling\u00a0[Ukraine]\u00a0will, of course, receive the money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot now, but in the New Year &#8211; to continue business during the war at any cost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd for this loot new rivers of blood will flow, for which the Biden family and all their Bandera bast**** are responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/10\/maria_zakharova.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-126640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/10\/maria_zakharova.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a>His blast coincides with the warning from the foreign ministry spokeswoman Zakharova.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s most senior woman diplomat issued a specific threat to Nato countries on behalf of her boss, Putin&#8217;s hawkish foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cI would like to say that NATO member states continue, as you understand, to intensively arm Ukraine and the supply of tactical fighters is next\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the fact that a significant part of Ukraine\u2019s airfield infrastructure has been destroyed, it is possible that these American fighters will be based outside the country, in Poland, Slovakia and Romania.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zakharova added that the risks of military clash between Russia and Nato are only increasing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe North Atlantic Alliance is getting deeper and deeper into the Ukrainian conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the Russian armed forces, fighters participating in the conflict on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, no matter where they fly from, will be a legitimate target for destruction,\u201d she warned.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/living\/3944139\/a-computer-glitch-and-an-submarine-captains-mistaken-order-to-launch-a-nuclear-missile-the-cold-war-close-calls-which-could-have-ended-the-word\/\">Cuban Missile Crisis<\/a> in October 1962 is seen as the moment the world came closest to a nuclear war between the US and the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Putin&#8217;s closest allies have issued a chilling warning about the brink of nuclear war.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev &#8211; now deputy head of the security council &#8211; previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/24221006\/putins-ally-world-war-3-uk-troops\/\">threatened to unleash World War 3 <\/a>if the UK sends troops to Ukrainian soil.<\/p>\n<p>He also made chilling threats to Ukraine&#8217;s president Zelensky, hinting of a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/24814175\/putin-medvedev-zelensky-assassination-threat\/\"> new assassination attempt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The sickening warning came after Zelensky told the Sun he&#8217;s survived <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/24789535\/zelensky-putin-assassination-attempts-interview\/\">five Moscow&#8217;s attempts <\/a>on his life.<\/p>\n<p>Putin&#8217;s pal cryptically warned the Ukrainian president is &#8220;unlikely to have a chance of living to old age&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev was Russian president from 2008 to 2012 when Putin couldn&#8217;t seek reelection because of term limits.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin crony was seen as a Putin surrogate, with the tyrant still leading the country behind the scenes as a prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev then handed the job back to the warmonger, but now he&#8217;s eyeing the reins of power again if death or<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/24957594\/sick-putin-visits-saudi\/\"> sickness forces Putin out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/24986204\/putins-ally-warns-nuclear-war-closest-since-cuban-crisis\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kremlin holds Joe Biden responsible for the rising threat of World War III<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-russia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=277558"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277570,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277558\/revisions\/277570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=277558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=277558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=277558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}