Medvedev: UK waging an ‘undeclared war’ against Russia
The United Kingdom is waging an "undeclared war" against Russia, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said.
Medvedev, currently serving as deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, made the remarks in a Twitter post on Wednesday, a day after Britain condoned a large-scale drone attack on Moscow.
Medvedev argued that by providing Ukraine with weapons and training, the UK "de facto is leading an undeclared war against Russia."
He also described the UK as Moscow’s "eternal enemy."
Based on international law, “including the Hague and Geneva Conventions with their additional protocols,” the UK "can also be qualified as being at war," Medvedev added.
His comments came just a day after British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said that Ukraine "has a right" to project force "beyond its own borders" as part of its self-defense, a few days after a series of drone strikes hit Moscow’s wealthiest neighborhoods.
According to Cleverly, eight combat drones were detected in Moscow’s airspace on Tuesday morning, in what Russian officials described as a "terrorist attack" by Kiev.
He claimed that Ukraine's aerial might that struck inside Russia would “undermine” what he called the Kremlin’s ability to continue its war in the ex-Soviet republic, which has officially denied responsibility for the drone attack.
Medvedev replied, saying that based on what the British foreign minister said, "legitimate military targets beyond Ukraine’s border are part of its self-defense."
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