{"id":3748,"date":"2022-09-23T15:50:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T15:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/?p=3748"},"modified":"2022-09-23T15:52:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T15:52:55","slug":"medvedev-strategic-nuclear-weapons-can-be-used-to-defend-annexed-ukrainian-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/?p=3748","title":{"rendered":"MEDVEDEV: STRATEGIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAN BE USED TO DEFEND ANNEXED UKRAINIAN TERRITORY"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3748\" class=\"elementor elementor-3748\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-280f2bba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"280f2bba\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16bb91aa\" data-id=\"16bb91aa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-414d7ebc elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"414d7ebc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div><strong>MOVING TOWARDS EZEKIEL 38-39<\/div>\n<div><blockquote>\"And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the\n\n<div class=\"tooltip\"href=\"#\"style=\"color:blue;\"> isles  <span class=\"tooltiptext\"<span style=\"text-decoration:\"><font color=\"#F1563A\">Strongs Number: 339 <\/font> from 183; properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island:\u2014country, isle, island.<\/span><\/div> and they shall know that I am the LORD.\"\n\n<span> \u2014 Ezekiel 39:6<\/blockquote><\/strong><\/div>\n\n<div><strong>WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS<\/div>\n<div><blockquote>\"For\n<div class=\"tooltip\"href=\"#\"style=\"color:blue;\"> nation  <span class=\"tooltiptext\"<span style=\"text-decoration:\"><font color=\"#F1563A\">1484: <\/font>ethnos, eth\u00b4-nos; probably from 1486; a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan): \u2014 Gentile, heathen, nation, people.<\/span><\/div> shall rise against <div class=\"tooltip\"href=\"#\"style=\"color:blue;\"> nation  <span class=\"tooltiptext\"<span style=\"text-decoration:\"><font color=\"#F1563A\">1484: <\/font>ethnos, eth\u00b4-nos; probably from 1486; a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan): \u2014 Gentile, heathen, nation, people.<\/span><\/div>, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.\n\n<span> \u2014 Matthew 24:7<\/blockquote><\/strong><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b1c2be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b1c2be\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35fd0e4a\" data-id=\"35fd0e4a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68a197af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68a197af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<div data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" data-en-clipboard=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>Article Source: <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/article-717871?_ga=2.230995743.1898018991.1663595214-1229034299.1617710680&amp;utm_source=ActiveCampaign&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=Medvedev%3A+Strategic+nuclear+weapons+can+be+used+to+defend+annexed+Ukrainian+territory&amp;utm_campaign=September+22%2C+2022+afternoon\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Jerusalem Post<\/span><\/a><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>For<\/strong><strong>mer Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that any weapons in Moscow&#8217;s arsenal, including strategic nuclear weapons, could be used to defend territories annexed to Russia from Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Medvedev, who also serves as deputy chairman of Russia&#8217;s Security Council, said that\u00a0referendums planned\u00a0by Russian-installed and separatist authorities in large swathes of Ukrainian territory will take place, and &#8220;there is no going back.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Therefore, various retired idiots with generals&#8217; stripes do not need to scare us with talk about a NATO strike on Crimea,&#8221; Medvedev wrote on Telegram. &#8220;Hypersonic [missiles]\u00a0are guaranteed to be able to reach targets in Europe and the United States much faster.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The Western establishment and all citizens of NATO countries, in general, need to understand that Russia has chosen its own path,&#8221; he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} --><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Nuclear &#8220;winds&#8221; of war<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>During his Wednesday\u00a0speech mobilizing Russian reservists, Russian President Vladimir Putin made veiled nuclear threats against Ukraine&#8217;s western allies.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:quote --><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_cite_080031f7-2971-3868-cc03-39a391149133\" class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;Those who are trying to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the wind can turn in their direction.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<strong><cite>Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/cite><\/strong><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:quote --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Putin claimed that Western countries had &#8220;crossed every line&#8221; and tried to &#8220;blackmail&#8221; Russia with nuclear weapons.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/t_JD_ArticleMainImageFaceDetect\/506749\" alt=\"Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev gives an interview at the Gorki state residence outside Moscow, Russia, January 25, 2022. (credit: SPUTNIK\/YULIA ZYRYANOVA\/POOL VIA REUTERS)\" width=\"822\" height=\"537\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/Icons\/zoom-image-icon.svg\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/>Deputy Chairman of Russia&#8217;s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev interviews at the Gorki state residence outside Moscow, Russia, on January 25, 2022. (credit: SPUTNIK\/YULIA ZYRYANOVA\/POOL VIA REUTERS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0&#8220;We are talking not only about the\u00a0shelling of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, which is encouraged by the West, which threatens a nuclear catastrophe, but also about the statements of some high-ranking representatives of the leading NATO states about the possibility and admissibility of using weapons of mass destruction against Russia &#8211; nuclear weapons,&#8221; said Putin.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0&#8220;To those who allow themselves to make such statements about Russia, I would like to remind you that our country also has various means of destruction, and for some components more modern than those of the NATO countries. And if the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we will certainly use all the means at our disposal to protect Russia and our people. It&#8217;s not a bluff.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Those who are trying to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the wind can turn in their direction,&#8221; warned the Russian president, adding that Russia will use &#8220;all available means.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Putin claimed that the West is trying to &#8220;weaken and destroy Russia,&#8221; adding that &#8220;When the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we will certainly use all the means at our disposal to protect Russia and our people. This is not a bluff.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} --><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Is nuclear war possible?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A senior Biden administration official dismissed Putin&#8217;s nuclear-charged language on Wednesday, saying, &#8220;we have heard him before wave around the nuclear card, and we heard it again in his speech today. \u00a0And the language and formula he used today are quite similar to how he\u2019s spoken before.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during the exercises by nuclear forces in an unknown location in Russia, in this still image taken from video released February 19, 2022.<br \/>\n(photo credit: Russian Defence Ministry\/Handout via REUTERS)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<h5><font color=\"#0000FF\"><strong>&#8220;The Western establishment and all citizens of NATO countries in general need to understand that Russia has chosen its own path,&#8221; Medvedev said.<\/font><\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moving-toward-ezekiel-38-39","category-wars-and-rumors-of-wars","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3748"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3755,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3748\/revisions\/3755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}