Russia’s ex-President Dmitry Medvedev warns Trump again - ‘Bomb shelters won’t save you from nukes’

Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's former president, has sent another scary message to the United States, this time directly to Donald Trump. He made a veiled nuclear threat by saying that even bomb shelters wouldn't keep Americans safe if Russia decided to use its most powerful weapons.


The comments come as tensions rise over Ukraine, with both Western support and Kremlin rhetoric reaching new highs. Medvedev's comments were in response to a strong statement from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who told Russian officials to be ready for retaliation if they kept fighting, as per a report by NewsNation.

What did Medvedev really say?

Dmitry Medvedev, who is now the deputy chair of Russia's security council, made fun of Zelenskyy on X by calling him "the Kiev drug addict" and a "freak."

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He wrote on X, “The Kiev drug addict said the Kremlin should know where a bomb shelter is so its occupants can hide when he uses long-range American weapons.” “What the freak needs to know is that Russia can use weapons a bomb shelter won’t protect against. Americans should also keep this in mind,” as per a report by NewsNation.

What did Zelenskyy say about bomb shelters?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Axios, “First of all, they have to know where their bomb shelters are. They need it. If they will not stop the war, they will need it in any case.”

He said that Ukraine would not attack Russian civilians, but he promised to fight back against Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, as per a report by NewsNation.

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What has Donald Trump done about Russia's aggression?

Donald Trump added his own opinion, saying that NATO countries should shoot down Russian planes that fly into their airspace in places like Estonia, Poland, and Ukraine. He also said that Ukraine could "restore its original borders," which showed that he believed Kyiv could stop Russia's invasion.

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FAQs

What did Dmitry Medvedev tell the U.S. to be careful about?
He said that bomb shelters wouldn't protect Americans from Russian weapons.

How did Zelenskyy respond to Russia's war?
He said that people in the Kremlin should know where the bomb shelters are.