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Dmitry Medvedev issued a chilling warning to Europe after a Russian drone hit a block of flats in Romania.
Friday’s incident, which took place in a Nato member nation, sparked widespread condemnation across Europe.
The drone struck an apartment complex in Galati, within the east of the country, leaving two people injured.
Foreign minister Oana Toiu said the incident should trigger Nato Article 4, which provides members powers to call for an emergency meeting.
Medvedev, Russia’s deputy chair of the Security Council and an in depth associate of president Vladmir Putin, took to X to post: ‘Residents of EU countries. It is best to realise your authorities have unilaterally entered right into a war with Russia.
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‘So be vigilant and don’t be surprised by anything. The peaceful sleep is over.
‘But who to ask why!’
Medvedev, who can be a former president of Russia, isn’t any stranger to sabre rattling.
In October, he said Europeans should ‘crap themselves with fear’ over quite a few drone sightings above the continent.
In May 2023, he said British officials were now legitimate war targets after the then foreign secretary James Cleverly backed Ukraine’s right to strike Russia.
And months earlier, he warned there can be nuclear war if Russia loses the conflict.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer branded the incident in Romania as a ‘serious violation of Nato airspace’.
Nato chief Mark Rutte said: ‘Last night showed yet again that the implications of their illegal war of aggression don’t stop on the border.
‘Nato stands able to defend every inch of allied territory.
‘Russia’s reckless behaviour is a danger to us all.’
It’s not the primary time a Nato member has had its airspace violated by Russia.
In September last 12 months, dozens of drones entered Polish airspace, triggering Nato and the Polish Air Force to scramble fighter jets.
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