NEWS DEFENSE
Russia’s Medvedev threatens to turn Kyiv into ‘giant melted spot’

UK and US are deliberating giving Kyiv permission to use Western weapons against targets deep inside Russia.


Moscow has been "showing patience," Dmitry Medvedev said in a post on Telegram. | Yekaterina Shtukina/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024 2:28 PM CET
BY JONES HAYDEN

Moscow on Saturday threatened to reduce Kyiv to a "giant melted spot" if Ukraine is allowed by its allies to use Western long-range missiles to strike targets deep inside Russia.

The threat by Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, came as the U.S. and the U.K. are deliberating giving Kyiv permission to use Western weapons to attack strategic targets farther into Russian territory.

Medvedev, who likes to rattle nuclear sabers, said the Kremlin already has "formal" grounds to use nuclear weapons after Ukraine's cross-border incursion into Russia's Kursk region, but could instead utilize newer technologies to create a "giant melted spot" on the site of the Ukrainian capital.

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