Former Russian president threatens to turn Kyiv into ‘melted spot’ if long-range missiles approved

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Former Russian president threatens to turn Kyiv into ‘melted spot’ if long-range missiles approved

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has warned the Kremlin could reduce Kyiv to a “giant melted spot” if

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’s allies give the

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Ukraine

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to allow it to use Western-supplied long-range missiles to target military sites in Russia, which the country says is vital to winning the war.

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said if Ukraine’s Western partners give Kyiv permission, it would

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In an expletive-laden message characteristic of Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s security council issued another threat on behalf of the Kremlin on Saturday.

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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has asked to use Western-supplied long-range missiles to target military sites in Russia (PA Wire)

Claiming the West is underestimating the possibility of Moscow retaliating to the decision, he wrote on the Telegram messenger app: “The pompous Anglo-Saxon b***ards do not want to admit one thing: any patience comes to an end.

“And then that’s it. A giant grey melted spot on the site of the mother Russian city. Holy s**t! It’s impossible, but it happened…”

Moscow is known to issue sensationalist threats of further escalation against the West and Ukraine if support for Kyiv persists or ramps up. Medvedev’s threats have consistently been some of the most aggressive, and are more closely aligned to the hyperbolic statements from Russian state media presenters than comments from ******.

The former Russian president’s last post on X, formerly

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, suggested Russia could use hypersonic missiles to “sink” Britain in the wake of foreign secretary

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But it comes as the US appears to be unsure whether to cross this latest Kremlin red line. Although it is believed the *** is supportive of lifting the restriction, because US systems are reportedly integral to ******* these missiles the decision ultimately ***** with Washington.

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Zelensky, centre, with US secretary of state Antony Blinken, left, and British foreign secretary David Lammy, right, during a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine (EPA)

Ukraine made a renewed call on Saturday for the West to give the go-ahead, after a meeting between US and British leaders a day earlier produced no visible shift in their policy on the use of long-range weapons.

Ukrainian presidential adviser Andriy Yermak said: “Russian ******* begins at weapons depots, airfields, and military bases inside the Russian Federation. Permission to strike deep into Russia will speed up the solution.”

Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war on Saturday for the second day in a row, with each side releasing 103 people.

The Russian defence ministry said the Russian soldiers exchanged had been taken prisoner in Russia’s Kursk region after Ukraine’s cross-border ******** last month.

The ******* ***** Emirates said it mediated the exchange of 206 prisoners between Russia and Ukraine, in what is their eighth such mediation.

Ukrainian president

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hailed the officials overseeing the exchange in a message on X, saying: “Our people are home.”

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