Medvedev accused the United States and Western countries of influencing Kyiv's decision to continue negotiations, and said that Ukraine seemed at one time to want to agree on the main points, regarding the borders in Crimea and Donbass, and with regard to international organizations, including military alliances, meaning that Ukraine is obligated not to join. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) adopts a policy of neutrality.
Medvedev added that one of the main points that Kyiv wanted to agree on was to take measures to partially limit armaments, but at some point and under the influence of Washington and Brussels, Kyiv halted those negotiations, which led to the complication of the situation, which has become a completely different scenario, as he confirms. .
The Vice-President of the Russian Security Council warned - in an episode of the "Special Meeting" program - that the cessation of negotiations may lead to more destruction and casualties among civilians, and this may lead to Ukraine losing additional lands, and may even lead Ukraine's refusal to come to terms "in the end to the loss of its national independence," and that "this is absolutely clear," he said.
In response to a question about the long-range missile launchers that Washington announced that it will supply to Ukraine, Medvedev said that this matter threatens Russian security, and that if these missiles target Russian territory, Russia will have no choice but to target decision-making centers in Ukraine.
Medvedev confirmed that Washington initially announced that it would not provide Kyiv with long-range missile launchers, and then modified its position, and said that it would send certain types of such weapons, which are not long-range, but nonetheless pose a threat to Russia, he said.
He added that the Americans justified their position that these weapons will be used only within the Ukrainian territory, noting that the Americans cannot control the decisions taken by the Ukrainian authorities.
A new architecture for global security.
On the other hand, the guest of a "special meeting" spoke about the repercussions of the war in Ukraine, and believed that the world had actually changed and that the goals of the "Russian military operation" should eventually lead to the emergence of what he described as "a new architecture for global security" through a more just system that leads to New agreements for security in Europe, Medvedev asserts.
On the impact of Western sanctions on Russia, the deputy head of the Russian Security Council recalled previous sanctions imposed on his country, stressing that the Russian economy is developing despite the restrictions imposed by the West, and said that his country is very rich in its natural and human resources and is able to overcome all current sanctions.
He pointed out that the food crisis in the world dates back to five or seven years ago due to several factors, including individual decisions and climate change, and that the deterioration of the situation at the present time is due to the sanctions imposed by Western countries, which he said want Russia to supply with wheat and then detain it.
Regarding fears of a third world war, the Russian guest said that it was the Americans who used nuclear weapons for the first time in human history, and that Russia would respond to a nuclear strike if it was subjected to a nuclear strike within the "basics of nuclear deterrence", and also if it was hit with conventional weapons.