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‘Putin will spark a third world war if Russia claims victory in Ukraine’: Ukrainian steel magnate Yuriy Ryzhenkov warns of global fallout from the Kremlin’s war (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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Vladimir Putin will spark a third world war if the Russian president is allowed to declare victory in Ukraine, according to the boss of the country’s biggest private employer.

Yuriy Ryzhenkov, chief executive of Metinvest, which ran the sprawling Azovstal steelworks that became the site of a relentless Russian assault at the start of the 2022 invasion, warned of the consequences of a Kremlin victory.

“I don’t believe that if Ukraine fails, Putin will stop,” he said in an interview ahead of the two year anniversary of the war in Ukraine. “The Baltic states, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia are the next targets.”

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[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 22 points 7 months ago

They already have Hungary

[-] illi@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago

Slovakia is also falling to Russian stooges nd disinformation. It looks to me like if they'd invade about half the people (current government included) woud welcome them (at least at first)

[-] Obonga@feddit.de 18 points 7 months ago

People arguing for russia at this point are russian trolls. Just like it is impossible tonchange a russian trolls mind it is impossible tonchange mine on this. What else does Putin have to do? Send nukes? Probably still a reasonable man in those trolls eyes.

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[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

He does not have to wait for victory in Ukraine. All he has to do if spark tensions and commit to taking some insignificant piece of a NATO country.

A place that is not important enough to throw nukes over.

And then see if NATO dares to respond.

The politicians will then debate if this is really good enough reason to go to war... Causing a fracture to be visible in the NATO all for one doctrine.

Once that is proven false.. NATO will start to crumble.

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

Mf is a raptor at the electric fence. First Georgia.. then Crimea. Dude.. I remember feeling like I was in another world. Obama just watched and did nothing and the world went on, and I'm sitting there thinking, this is fucking precedent forever and it will continue. This headline is outdated by over 15 years.

[-] Ooops@kbin.social 15 points 7 months ago

Putin can actually claim whatever he wants and does so regularly. No one actually cares. And no claim or "being allowed to claim something" will actually change reality.

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 9 points 7 months ago

I think he meant "declare" as in actually win the war, not in the Michael Scott sense.

[-] force@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah, if he took over Kazakhstan tomorrow the US would leave it at writing a strongly worded letter...

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