{"id":169586,"date":"2023-05-31T08:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T12:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=169586"},"modified":"2023-05-31T09:38:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T13:38:55","slug":"british-politicians-now-legitimate-military-target-for-russia-former-russian-president-medvedev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=169586","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>&#8220;British Politicians Now Legitimate Military Target for Russia&#8221;<\/b> &#8212; Former Russian President<\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-169590\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Drone-Strike-Damage-Moscow-05-30-2023_large-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Drone-Strike-Damage-Moscow-05-30-2023_large-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Drone-Strike-Damage-Moscow-05-30-2023_large-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Drone-Strike-Damage-Moscow-05-30-2023_large-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Drone-Strike-Damage-Moscow-05-30-2023_large.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hal Turner Radio Show<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-full-image\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-details-wrapper gazette-custom-font\">\n<p>British politicians are now a legitimate military target for Moscow, a senior Russian official said, after the U.K.\u2019s Foreign Secretary James Cleverly argued Ukraine has the right to use force within Russian borders.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Estonia Tuesday, Cleverly said Ukraine \u201chas a right\u201d to project force \u201cbeyond its own borders\u201d as part of its self-defense, following\u00a0<strong>a series of drone strikes that hit Moscow\u2019s wealthiest neighborhoods<\/strong>.\u00a0 The map below shows the Drone impact locations:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-169589\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Drone-Strikes-Moscow-05-30-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"828\" height=\"830\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Drone-Strikes-Moscow-05-30-2023.jpg 828w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Drone-Strikes-Moscow-05-30-2023-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Drone-Strikes-Moscow-05-30-2023-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Drone-Strikes-Moscow-05-30-2023-768x770.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an image of one building in Moscow, Russia, just after being hit by a drone:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-169588\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-31-at-8.49.36-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-31-at-8.49.36-AM.png 667w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-31-at-8.49.36-AM-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The U.K. minister argued that Kyiv striking inside Russia would \u201cundermine\u201d the Kremlin\u2019s ability to continue its war in Ukraine, which has officially denied responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president and deputy chair of the Russian Security Council, hit back on Wednesday arguing that the U.K. is \u201cde facto leading an undeclared war against Russia\u201d by supplying Ukraine with military aid and specialists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThat being the case, any of its public officials (either military, or civil, who facilitate the war) can be considered as a legitimate military target,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0he wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev, who regularly makes blunt remarks about the war in Ukraine and has called for the killing of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, warned: \u201cThe goofy officials of the U.K., our eternal enemy, should remember that within the framework of the universally accepted international law which regulates modern warfare, including the Hague and Geneva Conventions with their additional protocols, their state can also be qualified as being at war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cleverly\u2019s remarks meanwhile appear to be at odds with the U.S.\u2019 position. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at a briefing Tuesday that the U.S. was still gathering information on the reports of drones striking in Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not support attacks inside of Russia. That\u2019s it. Period,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/halturnerradioshow.com\/index.php\/en\/news-page\/world\/medvedev-british-politicians-now-legitimate-military-target-for-russia\">https:\/\/halturnerradioshow.com\/index.php\/en\/news-page\/world\/medvedev-british-politicians-now-legitimate-military-target-for-russia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=169586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=169586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=169586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=169586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}