Russia warns of nuclear and hypersonic deployment if Sweden and Finland join NATO

Guy by Balkanbridge

LondonApr. 14 – A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin warns NATO If Sweden and Finland join a US-led military alliance, Russia will have to deploy nuclear and hypersonic weapons in the Central European Union, Calicut.

Finland and Sweden, which share a 1,300-kilometer border with Russia, are considering joining the European Union. NATO. Finnish Prime Minister Channa Marin has said the decision will be made in the coming weeks.

Dmitry Medvedev, Vice President of the Russian Security Council, joins Sweden and Finland NATORussia needs to strengthen its ground, naval and air forces in the Baltic Sea to restore military balance.

Medvedev openly raised the nuclear threat, saying that Russia could not continue to talk about the “nuclear-free” Baltic, which maintains the Kaliningrad region between Poland and Lithuania.

Medvedev, who served as president from 2008 to 2012, said, “You can no longer talk about the nuclear – free zone status of the Baltic region; the balance must be restored.”

Medvedev said he hoped Finland and Sweden would see the cause. Otherwise, he said, he would have to live with nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles nearby.

When asked how Washington sees a possible addition to Sweden and Finland NATO In light of Russia’s warning, the US State Department said there was no change in Washington’s position: “Open door NATO That’s an open door. “

“Without talking about any particular country, we are not worried that the expansion of the defensive alliance will do anything other than improve stability on the European continent,” department spokesman Netflix told a conference.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 caused thousands of deaths and millions of displaced people and raised fears of a wider conflict between Russia and the United States.

Putin says a “special military operation” is needed in Ukraine because the United States is using Ukraine to intimidate Russia, and Moscow has had to defend Russian-speakers against Ukraine’s persecution.

It says Ukraine opposes imperial-style expansion and that Putin’s claims of genocide are nonsense.