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The Kremlin has warned that the planet stands on the brink of World War 3.
16:47, Mon, Mar 2, 2026 Updated: 16:48, Mon, Mar 2, 2026
The Kremlin has warned that the planet stands on the brink of World War 3 (Image: Getty)
The Kremlin has warned on Monday (March 2) that the planet stands on the brink of World War 3 in which the nuclear bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki “will be child's play”. Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev - a close Putin crony and attack dog - claimed that a new global conflict will come if Donald Trump continues “his insane course of criminal regime change”.
The US president had made a “gross mistake” by attacking Iran, he warned. “This is a war of the US and its allies for maintaining global dominance. “The pigs don't want to part with the trough." Medvedev - who served as Russian president from 2008 to 2012 - was asked if World War 3 had begun. He replied: “Formally, no, but if Trump continues his insane course of criminal regime change, it will undoubtedly begin. “And any event could be the trigger. Any event.”
Medvedev claimed a new global conflict will come if Trump continues 'his insane course' (Image: Getty)
With Putin lying low - his usual tactic in the event of a major world crisis - Medvedev, Putin’s deputy on the Russian security council, was sent out to bat.
He said of Western leaders: “There’s no magic cure for the actions of hardcore idiots and clinical bastards. There's only one guarantee: the USA is afraid of Russia and knows the price of a nuclear conflict.
“In the event of its occurrence, Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be child's play in the sandbox [sandpit]”.
He told state news agency TASS that US and Israeli citizens were now at risk after the military operation against Iran, saying that their "vulnerability has significantly increased".
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The US president had made a 'gross mistake' by attacking Iran, Medvedev said (Image: Getty)
“The fact that the Iranians haven't responded too seriously yet means that they don't have many options," he added. “But they know how to wait, this is an ancient civilisation. Trump made a gross mistake.
“By his decision, he put all Americans under potential attack, even though the Iranian regime is not well-liked in neighbouring Arab countries.
“The main thing, however, is that the late ayatollah was the spiritual father of almost 300 million Shiites. And now he's a martyr. You can fill in the rest yourself.
“And now there's no doubt that Iran will strive with redoubled energy to acquire nuclear weapons."
Medvedev claimed that Iran, a key Russian ally that Moscow is so far failing to support militarily, will withstand the US and Israeli onslaught.
Medvedev said Iran was the 'heir to the former Persian Empire' (Image: Getty)
“I've already said that Iran, as the heir to the former Persian Empire, is an ancient world and culture,” he said. “They will cope, but the price of revival will be high.
“It requires a high level of societal consolidation. And the Americans have provided such consolidation.”
Asked about the reactions of European capitals, he said: “Flattery and disgust".
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“European vassals are licking their lips and delighting in receiving a portion of American-Israeli ‘yellow dew’ right in the eyes.”
Negotiations on Ukraine are not the most important thing, said Medvedev. Winning the war was the most crucial aim for Moscow, he said. Medvedev was president for four years and was modern Russia’s longest-serving prime minister.
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