Dmitry Medvedev: Russia can't stop war, even if Ukraine drops NATO hopes
August 27, 2022, 9:20 am

Dmitry Medvedev: Russia can't stop war, even if Ukraine drops NATO hopes

(L) Vladimir Putin (R) Dmitry Medvedev - Twiiter

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, and a top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday (August 26) that Moscow would not stop its military campaign in Ukraine even if Kyiv formally renounced its aspirations to join NATO.

The now deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council also said in a French television interview that Russia was prepared to hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy subject to certain conditions, according to Reuters.

Even before the February invasion, Moscow made clear Ukrainian membership of NATO was unacceptable to it.

"Renouncing its participation in the North Atlantic alliance is now vital, but it is already insufficient in order to establish peace," Medvedev told LCI television in quotes reported by Russian news agencies.

He said that Russia would continue the campaign until its goals had been achieved. Putin says he wants to "denazify" Ukraine. Kyiv and the West say this is a baseless pretext for a war of conquest.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) verified a total of 4,889 civilian deaths during Russia's military attack on Ukraine as of July 3, 2022. Of them, 335 were children - Photo. Euromaidan Press

Russia and Ukraine held several rounds of talks after the invasion began, but they made no progress and there are few prospects for a resumption.

"This (talks) will depend on how events unfold. We were ready before to meet (Zelenskiy)," Medvedev said.

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Medvedev, who served as Russia’s president in 2008-2012 when Putin shifted into the prime minister’s post due to term limits, was widely seen by the West as more liberal compared with his mentor.

In recent months, however, he has remarks that have sounded much tougher than those issued by the most hawkish Kremlin officials.

In his comments to the French television, he also said U.S. weapons already supplied to Ukraine -- like HIMARS multiple-rocket launchers - did not yet pose a substantial threat.

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But that could change, he said, if U.S. sent weapons could hit targets at longer distances.

"It means that when this sort of missile flies 70 km, that is one thing," he said. "But when it's 300-400 km, that is another, now that would be a threat directly to the territory of the Russian Federation."

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is a Russian politician who has been serving as the deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020.

Medvedev also served as the president of Russia between 2008 and 2012 and prime minister of Russia between 2012 and 2020. Medvedev was elected president in the 2008 election.

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