Putin's puppet issues horror threat to 'enemy' UK with chilling AI-generated clip

Medvedev shared an AI-generated video (Image: MEDVEDEV/X)

One of Vladimir Putin's closest allies shared a chilling, AI-generated video on social media today, in which he seemingly branded the UK one of Russia's enemies. Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian prime minister and current member of the country's Security Council, depicted himself shredding pictures of European leaders.

Among the high-profile leaders featured in the video to mark Russia Day were President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Sir Keir Starmer. Alongside the bizarre fake video, he wrote: "No enemy can stop our homeland’s growth and prosperity. Happy Russia Day!"

Medvedev is a close ally of Putin and recently threatened direct missile strikes on nuclear power plants in the West and Ukraine.

He said: "It is obvious that in the event of the catastrophic destruction of a nuclear power plant's turbine hall or reactor hall, a new Chernobyl will ensue. And this is not one whit better than the use of tactical nuclear weapons.

"The response to such actions could be a symmetrical strike against Ukrainian NPPs [nuclear power plants], as well as against NPPs in NATO countries involved in the conflict."

He also warned Europeans they "shouldn’t be going to sleep expecting peaceful nights" after a Russian drone crashed into a residential building in Romania, injuring two people

The Kremlin hardliner was responding to international condemnation after a Russian Geran-2 drone crossed into Romanian airspace and struck the apartment block in the city of Galați during an overnight attack on Ukraine last month.