Cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/9202260

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.”

  • Rob Bos@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    I agree that we should have come down like the wrath of God when Russia illegally annexed Crimea. Good point!

      • gian @lemmy.grys.it
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        9 months ago

        Why not ? He fucked around then he found out. In your terms it would be “stop the steamroller before it start”