Former Russian President warns NATO against supplying Ukraine with Patriot systems

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned NATO on Tuesday Nov 29 against providing Ukraine with Patriot missile defence systems, denouncing the alliance as a criminal entity for delivering arms to regimes he called extremist regimes. Medvedev, who once cast himself as a liberal moderniser as president, has increasingly emerged as one of the most hawkish opponents of Russia's war in Ukraine, as well as his social media channels, including Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

If NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg hints that NATO were to supply the Ukrainian fanatics with Patriot systems along with NATO personnel, they would immediately become a legitimate target of our armed forces, Medvedev wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

It was not clear from his message whether he was talking about Patriot systems, Ukrainian forces or NATO personnel becoming a target.

The civilised world does not need this organisation. He wrote in an earlier post that it must repent to humanity and be dissolved as a criminal entity.

Ukraine has asked its Western partners for air defences, including US-made Patriot systems, to protect it from Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure.

NATO ministers condemned Russia's persistent and unconscionable attacks on Ukrainian civilian and energy infrastructure and pledged to step up their support for Kyiv.