Russia is now threatening to activate its nuclear arsenal in the Baltic Sea if Finland and Sweden join NATO, a scenario that has been discussed in recent days and which Russia is very skeptical about. Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that it was impossible, if not impossible, for the Baltic region to remain “non-nuclear”.
“If Sweden and Finland join NATO, the length of the alliance’s land borders with Russia will more than double,” wrote former President Medvedev.
“Of course it would be necessary to strengthen our borders,” ex-president and current vice-president of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, who is very close to Vladimir Putin, warned on Telegram today. The information was then relayed by the official Russian agency Tass.
\u26a1\ufe0fRussia threatens to use nuclear weapons in the Baltic Sea if Sweden and Finland join NATO.
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, said Moscow must strengthen its defenses in the region and “there is no longer any question of a nuclear-weapon-free Baltic”.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 14, 2022
Therefore, if Finland and Sweden become members of NATO, “in order to restore military balance in the Baltic Sea, Russia should strengthen its land, air and naval forces there,” concluded Medvedev, who did more than directly allude to a nuclear threat the clarification that “there can no longer be any talk of a non-nuclear status of the Baltic Sea” in the event of NATO enlargement.
Dmitry Medvedev writes on Telegram that if \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea & \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee join #NATO, #Russia will act “with a cool head”, but also that “ground forces and air defense must be seriously strengthened” and that “no non-#nuclear State of #Baltic Region will be possible – balance must be restored”
– Alexander Graef (@alxgraef) April 14, 2022
His statements by a prominent Russian personality on the Kremlin’s possible reaction to a NATO offer from the two Nordic countries are among the sharpest to date. “However, taking such measures has not been Russia’s strategy so far,” he added, again betting on a “defensive” approach for his country.