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

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.”

      • Nudding@lemmy.worldEnglish
        627·
        9 months ago

        Fair enough. I just think that the country with military bases in almost every country, that’s been at war for all but ~20 years of its entire history, is actively aiding in a genocide, while also attacking targets in the middle east, is gonna be the country to start ww3. Call me crazy I guess.

        • WhiteHawk@lemmy.worldEnglish
          121·
          9 months ago

          Who would they be fighting in that hypothetical war? Iran? It’s not really a world war if no great power is involved.

          • Nudding@lemmy.worldEnglish
            313·
            9 months ago

            I dunno, I’ve heard people argue that we’re already in WW3, and that Putin started it years ago. I guess it all depends on what the history books of the future consider the smallest dominoes. Time will tell.

            • WhiteHawk@lemmy.worldEnglish
              9·
              9 months ago

              It’s still a proxy war for now (even if only one side is using a proxy), I wouldn’t call that a world war

              • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
                4·
                9 months ago

                So where Vietnam and Afghanistan. Both great powers got their teeth kicked in and withdrew because the wars where no longer politically expedient.

                I imagine this is a bit more existential for Putin, but it is also more costly by an order of magnitude.

                  • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    2·
                    9 months ago

                    I read it as you where implying it could escalate to worldwar and I tried to add 2 examples where this did not happen in previous occasions. Was not trying to start a fight :)

              • Nudding@lemmy.worldEnglish
                24·
                9 months ago

                Could lead to escalations, which would in hindsight be a clear path to world war. Interesting discussion to be had for sure.

    • Mrkawfee@feddit.ukEnglish
      85·
      9 months ago

      America and it’s proxies bombing and committing genocide doesn’t count.

    • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.caEnglish
      34·
      9 months ago

      Whatabout, Whatabout, Whatabout. Two wrongs don’t make a right, genocide and bombing civilians is bad no matter who does it.