Russia's former president today warned that Ukraine could 'disappear from the world map' amid Vladimir Putin's invasion of the country.
Dmitry Medvedev, a Putin ally, also dismissed US President Joe Biden as a 'strange grandfather with dementia' in a scathing post on Telegram.
Medvedev warned NATO was 'creating a real threat of world conflict and the death of a significant part of humanity' by sending military equipment to Ukraine and troops to countries on Europe's eastern flank, such as Estonia and Lithuania.
His warning comes just days after he said Ukraine and the West will face a 'Judgement Day' response should they attempt to militarily dispute Russia's control of Crimea.
The refusal of Ukraine and Western powers to recognise Moscow's ownership of the peninsula poses a 'systemic threat' for Russia, the former president said on Sunday, before declaring the Kremlin would hit back with maximum force if the territory is attacked.
In his latest Telegram post, Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, today warned Russia's invasion - and the West's response to it - could mean 'Ukraine would lose the remnants of state sovereignty and disappear from the world map'.
Medvedev added: 'NATO continues, contrary to logic and common sense, to approach the borders of Russia, creating a real threat of world conflict and the death of a significant part of humanity.'
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made similar comments on Wednesday, saying that Russia's military 'tasks' in Ukraine now go beyond the eastern Donbas region.
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