Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president and current deputy head of the Security Council, said that the recent wave of unidentified drones over Europe should make Europeans “feel the danger of war” with Russia.
In a post on his Telegram channel, Medvedev said it “does not matter who launches these drones” over strategic facilities in Germany, Denmark, Norway, and other European countries.
“The main thing is that narrowminded Europeans feel on their own skin what the danger of war is. So that they are afraid and tremble like dumb animals in a herd driven to the slaughter. So that they soil themselves from fear, sensing their imminent and painful end,” he said.
He listed what he called “possible versions” behind the mysterious drone activity:
“1. Provocations by Banderites to improve arms supplies and provoke war.2. Activities of pro-Russian underground movements aiming to destabilize life in the EU.3. Tests of local air defense systems by national security services.4. Games of local hooligans for fun.5. Direct drone launches from Russia.”
Medvedev then analyzed each version, dismissing or ridiculing most. He called the idea of Ukrainian provocations “quite likely,” writing that “a bunch of meaningless khokhol [derogatory for Ukrainian] draft dodgers live in Europe. Launching drones there is safer than on the front line.”
He described the notion of Russian sympathizers acting independently as “theoretically possible, but doubtful,” adding that “our agents and moles are waiting for a separate command.”
He called the idea of European governments testing their own systems “a working version,” while joking that “local idlers might indeed amuse themselves by angering their bureaucrats – a good method.”
On the fifth version, drones sent directly from Russia, he wrote that President Vladimir Putin had already “commented comprehensively” during the Valdai discussions and that “there is nothing to add.”
Medvedev’s remarks echoed comments made days earlier by Putin, who joked about the same drone incidents during a panel discussion at the Valdai Club.
When moderator Fyodor Lukyanov jokingly asked, “Vladimir Vladimirovich, why are you sending so many drones to Denmark?” Putin replied with a smirk: “I won’t do it anymore.”
But the heart of Medvedev’s message was not about identifying who sent the drones – it was about the fear they cause. He dismissed most theories but implied that any of them could be plausible – and insisted that the real goal should be psychological: to spread fear among European citizens.
“Maybe then they will understand what war means,” he added, calling on Europeans to “tear off the heads of their freaks like Merz and Macron, who earn money and political points on blood.”
Last week Medvedev said that Moscow has no interest in a war with Europe, but it remains possible.
Medvedev ridiculed repeated warnings in Western capitals that Russia could launch a war against NATO or EU countries within the next five years.
“In European countries, they keep talking about a war with Russia within the next five years. It should not happen, because it contradicts the interests of our country,” he wrote.
“Europe’s economy is weak and dependent on the US, and its culture is degenerating ingloriously. Europe is losing its identity, dissolving into that of aggressive migrants.”