Wednesday 6 July 2022 01:36 PM Russian ex-president warns of the end of 'existence of mankind' if Moscow is ... trends now

Russia's ex-president Dmitry Medvedev has warned of the end of the 'existence of mankind' if Moscow is punished for war crimes, in the Kremlin's latest doomsday nuclear threat.

The close ally of Vladimir Putin, who now serves as deputy head of the Security Council, said the International Criminal Court (ICC) should refrain from attempting 'legally void' actions against Russia.

The savage invasion of Ukraine continues to leave behind a litany of alleged war crimes, including the repeated shelling of civilians, accounts of rape and torture, summary executions and use of banned cluster munitions.

Medvedev, who was Putin's stand-in president between 2008 and 2012, said on Telegram today: 'The idea of ​​punishing the country that has the largest nuclear potential is absurd in itself. And potentially threatens the existence of mankind.'

He then accuses the US of trying to 'sow chaos and destruction' through the ICC, branding the Western superpower a 'daredevil or an idiot'.

The Kremlin insider said: 'All American history, from the time of the conquest of the Indians, is a bloody war of annihilation. And we are talking about the most brutal extermination of the civilian population. 

'It has become a signature style of American politics, whoever is in power there. During World War II, the United States destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in this way - only to justify the huge expenses for the nuclear "Manhattan Project".

'Vietnam and Korea, Yugoslavia and Iraq, Cuba, Afghanistan and Syria are well aware of how disastrous the consequences of such invasions are - the list is long, and constantly updated. 

'America has killed more than 20million people in 37 countries since the end of World War II, according to a study published in Global Research.'