ST. PETERSBURG. May 12 (Interfax) - An all-out hybrid war has been launched against Russia, with American and European patrons of Russia's enemies flooding the latter with lethal weapons and effectively pushing the world towards disaster, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said.
"We are conducting the special military operation today to protect our sovereignty and territorial integrity and [to maintain] the safety of millions of our citizens. Obviously, a full-scale hybrid war has been launched against us, and American and European patrons of our enemies are actively flooding [the latter] with lethal weapons of all types, encouraging terror in Russia's border regions, committing acts of sabotage and political killings, and essentially pushing things towards a third world war," Medvedev said in his remarks at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum on Friday.
He warned that there can be no victors in a global catastrophe.
Medvedev suggested, on the one hand, recalling "how many Soviet missiles were enough for the United States to produce global psychosis during the Cuban Missile Crisis."
"And on the other, how many weapons have been moved within a short period of time towards our borders, in territories currently controlled by NATO. It's a big question therefore as to who is really pushing the world towards the apocalypse," he said.