Russia would deploy nuclear weapons if Sweden and Finland join NATO
April 14, 2022, 5:29 pm

Russia would deploy nuclear weapons if Sweden and Finland join NATO

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev and now is deputy chairman of Russia’s security council (File photo: Official Facebook page)

The A news reported, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest allies warned NATO on Thursday (Apr 14) that if Sweden and Finland joined the U.S.-led military alliance then Russia would have to bolster its defences in the region, including by deploying nuclear weapons.

Finland, which shares a 1,300-km (810-mile) border with Russia, and Sweden are mulling whether or not to join the NATO alliance.

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Wednesday that Finland will make a decision in the next few weeks.

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said that should Sweden and Finland join NATO then Russia would have to strengthen its land, naval and air forces in the Baltic Sea to restore military balance.

Medvedev also explicitly raised the nuclear threat by saying that there could be no more talk of a "nuclear free" Baltic - where Russia has its Kaliningrad exclave sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania.

If Sweden and Finland joined the U.S.-led military alliance, Russia warned to bolster its defences in the region, including by deploying nuclear weapons (NATO official Facebook page) — Russia warns NATO to bolster its defences in the region including by deploying nuclear weapons, If Sweden and Finland joine the U.S.-led military alliance (NATO official Facebook page)

Medvedev, who was president from 2008-2012, said: "There can be no more talk of any nuclear–free status for the Baltic - the balance must be restored."

Medvedev mentioned: "Until today, Russia has not taken such measures and was not going to."

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He added: "If our hand is forced well... take note it wasn't us who proposed this."

Russia's President Putin says the "special military operation" in Ukraine is necessary because the United States was using Ukraine to threaten Russia and Moscow had to defend against the persecution of Russian-speaking people by Ukraine.

Ukraine says it is fighting against an imperial-style land grab and that Putin's claims of genocide are nonsense.

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It should be noted that Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has killed thousands of people, displaced millions and raised fears of a wider confrontation between Russia and the United States.

Source: anews

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