SpaceWar.com reports: “Russia’s ex-president Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday the country was ramping up production of new-generation weapons to protect itself from enemies in Europe, the United States and Australia.

‘We are increasing production of the most powerful means of destruction. Including those based on new principles,’ Medvedev said on messaging app Telegram.

‘Our enemy dug in not only in the Kyiv province of our native Malorossiya,’ Medvedev said, using the term to describe territories of modern-day Ukraine that were part of the Russian Empire under the tsars.

‘It is in Europe, North America, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and a whole number of other places that pledged allegiance to the Nazi.’

Medvedev, who serves as deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, did not provide details of the weapons.

President Vladimir Putin repeatedly said that Russia has been developing new types of weapons including hypersonic weapons that he boasts can circumvent all existing missile defence systems…”