A top ally of Vladimir Putin has launched a scathing attack against Donald Trump after issuing yet another chilling World War 3 warning. Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president, cautioned that the world is nearing a major confrontation, claiming that US actions could trigger World War III and that a “global catastrophe” may be imminent.

He said: “Has the Third World War already begun, or is the world still not entering it, are we balancing? Formally, no, but if Trump continues his insane course of criminal regime change, it will undoubtedly begin. And any event could trigger it. Any event.” The comment come amidst Russia’s worsening relations with the Western countries as the war with Ukraine continues.

On Saturday, Mr Medvedev said, after the US-Israel launched the joint strike on Iran: “The peacekeeper is at it again. The talks with Iran were just a cover. Everyone knew that,” Medvedev wrote on social media. “So who has more patience to wait for the enemy’s sorry end now? The US is just 249 years old. The Persian Empire was founded over 2500 years ago. Let’s see what happens in 100 years or so…”

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