NATO 'peacekeepers' in Ukraine mean war - Medvedev | 16 March 2025 | The deployment of "peacekeepers" from NATO member states to Ukraine would trigger an all-out war between the military bloc and Moscow, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned. In recent weeks, the leaders of the UK and France have ramped up discussions about such a mission. In a post on X on Sunday, Medvedev, who currently serves as the deputy chair of Russia's Security Council, stated that French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer "are playing dumb." [No, they actually are dumb.] "Time and again they are told that peacekeepers must be from non-NATO states. No, we will send tens of thousands -- just lay it out -- you want to give military aid to the neo-Nazis in Kiev," Medvedev charged. "That means war with NATO. Consult with Trump, scumbags," he concluded. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov previously similarly argued that the deployment of NATO military personnel to Ukraine, even under the guise of peacekeepers, would be tantamount to the "direct, official, undisguised involvement of NATO countries in the war against Russia."