Western governments see all gestures of goodwill as signs of weakness, the former Russian president has said

Only the "animal fear" of unacceptable losses will prevent Germany and the wider "United Europe" from launching another attack against Russia, the head of the Russian Security Council and former president, Dmitry Medvedev, wrote in an article ahead of the 81st anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany.

Moscow has condemned what it described as reckless militarization by the EU, accusing Western governments of seeking to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia while trying to turn it into a "model external enemy" to divert attention away from domestic problems.

"It is no secret that an attempt is being made to impose on us the doctrine of 'peace through strength'. Our response then can only be 'the security of Russia through the animal fear of Europe,'" Medvedev wrote.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz openly vowed to turn the German military into the "strongest conventional army in Europe" in a speech just days after the world marked the 80th anniversary of the fall of the Third Reich last May.

Last month, the German Defense Ministry unveiled a plan to reach this goal and field 460,000 combat-ready personnel by 2039, the 100th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's invasion of Poland. German and other EU officials repeatedly cited 2029 as the first stage deadline to be "war-ready" for a potential conflict with Russia.

"Talks, good intentions, goodwill, and unilateral steps to build trust must not be our tools to prevent a massacre. The sole guarantee lies in forcing Germany and the 'united Europe' backing it to grasp the inescapable certainty of incurring unacceptable losses if they ever set in motion 'Operation Barbarossa 2.0,'" Medvedev said in the article soon to be published on RT.

(RT.com)