Dmitry Medvedev, ex-Russian President, has warned Donald Trump of World War III. This came close on the heel of the US President saying his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, was ‘playing with fire’ by continuing the war with Ukraine. The waning came along after Trump claimed he would ‘absolutely’ consider new sanctions on Moscow amid missile and drone bombardment in Ukraine, which have left many dead.
"Regarding Trump's words about Putin ‘playing with fire’ and ‘really bad things’ happening to Russia. I only know of one really bad thing - WWIII. I hope Trump understands this," Medvedev said in a post on X. Medvedev served as Russia's President from 2008 and 2012, and Prime Minister from 2012 and 2020.
Trump is miffed at his failure to end a war he said he could solve within 24 hours. Diplomatic efforts to end the war have intensified in recent weeks, but Putin has been accused of stalling peace talks. Last weekend, Russia's drone barrage killed at least 13 people.
On Tuesday, Trump warned Putin of serious consequences, saying, "What Vladimir Putin doesn't realise is that if it weren't for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean really bad. He's playing with fire."
Though Trump did not specify what the serious consequences would be, experts believe he was now considering fresh sanctions. Trump told reporters he was "absolutely" weighing such a move.
Meanwhile, Moscow, which invaded Ukraine in February 2022, did not react to Trump's comments, but it had earlier sought to blame Ukraine for the impasse. Moscow insisted it was responding to escalating Ukrainian strikes on its own civilians and accused Kyiv of trying to ‘disrupt’ peace efforts. Russian authorities said almost 150 Ukrainian drones had been intercepted, including 33 heading towards Moscow.
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