Medvedev warns: ’we are on verge of a new world war’ as Kremlin slams NATO aims to absorb Ukraine

An ally of Russian President Putin said on Tuesday that the world was probably on the verge of a new world war and the risks of a nuclear confrontation were rising. Former Russian President Medvedev, who serves as deputy chairman of Putin’s powerful security council, told a conference in Moscow region. On the same day, Putin’s spokesman Peskov accused NATO of continuing its attempts to absorb Ukraine into the transatlantic military alliance. Putin says the world faces the most dangerous decade since World War Two. He casts the war in Ukraine as an existential battle with an aggressive and arrogant West and has said that Russia will use all available means to protect itself against any aggressor. The United States and its allies have condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as an imperial land grab. Ukraine has vowed to fight until all Russian troops withdraw from its territory, and says Russian rhetoric on nuclear war is intended to intimidate the West into curbing military aid. __________________ ShanghaiEye focuses on producing top-quality contents. Nobody knows SHANGHAI better than us. Please subscribe to us ☻☻☻ __________________ For more stories, please click ■ What’s up today in Shanghai, the most updated news of the city ■ Amazing Shanghai, exploring the unknown corners of the city, learning the people, food and stories behind them ■ What Chinese people’s lives are like during the post COVID-19 period ■ Views of foreign scholars on China and its affairs ■ Foreign faces in Shanghai, people living in this city sharing their true feelings ■ Mini-docs showing why China is the country it is today __________________ ☎Leave us messages if you have any suggestions or questions! Thank you!