Jessica Ashley: Russia warns any attack on Crimea will ignite ‘Judgement Day’ response

RUSSIA’S MEDVEDEV: JUDGMENT DAY WILL ARRIVE QUICKLY IF CRIMEA IS ATTACKED BY UKRAINE

Ukrainian military and political leaders have stepped up their verbal threats to bring down the 11-mile long Kerch Strait Bridge that connects the Russian mainland with Crimea. Their threats are not received well inside the Kremlin.

Former President Medvedev promised that Judgment Day would arrived soon for anybody involved in attacking Russia.

Attack on Crimea will ignite ‘Judgement Day’ response, says Russia’s Medvedev

Comments come after Ukrainian official suggested that Crimea could be a target for U.S.-made HIMARS missiles

The refusal of Ukraine and Western powers to recognize Moscow’s control of Crimea poses a “systemic threat” for Russia and any outside attack on the region will prompt a “Judgment Day” response, former president Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday.

Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 after a pro-Moscow president in Kyiv was toppled amid mass street protests. Moscow then also backed pro-Russian armed separatists in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

In the event of an attack on Crimea, Medvedev was quoted by TASS news agency as saying, “Judgment Day will come very fast and hard. It will be very difficult to hide.”

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Meanwhile,

‘Whoever compares Putin to Hitler must be prepared for an all-out war’

French politician Henri Guaino, a senior adviser to former President Nicolas Sarkozy, says “Everyone contributes to the outset of a war; at some point we are at a point of no return.”

Is the prolonged war in Ukraine, running its fifth month and with its economic implications felt worldwide, starting to raise a different train of thought in European capitals regarding the management of the military crisis vis-à-vis Russia?

One of the first to warn against the “lust for war” and the total recruitment on Ukraine’s side was French politician, Henri Guaino, a senior advisor to former President Nicolas Sarkozy. He is considered one of the brightest analysts in France’s foreign relations.

Full Story: https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/07/06/whoever-compares-putin-to-hitler-must-be-prepared-for-an-all-out-war/