Russian warns NATO against fighting on Ukraine side

Russia warns NATO of imminent showdown over military support for Ukraine.

Russia has, again, warned NATO members, European countries, against fighting on the side of Ukraine in the lingering conflict in Eastern Europe.

The Deputy Chairman of Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, has declared that NATO is directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine.

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Medvedev cautioned that “no outcome can be ruled out as NATO is fighting on Ukraine side.”

He admonished that NATO states fuelling military hysteria must know there will be response.

President Vladimir Putin had, in response to the missile attack on Russian territory by Ukraine using ballistic missiles made by the West, disclosed that Russia has begun mass production of Oreshnik missiles. He stated that Oreshnik can strike targets across Europe.

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Putin also asserted that the new missile cannot be intercepted, saying that no anti-missile technology can match the speed of the missile.

However, it was noted that Oreshnik missile is not weapon of mass destruction.