Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia didn’t need a war with European powers, but that if Europe did need a war, then Russia was ready immediately to fight.
Putin said that European powers were making demands on a possible peace settlement for Ukraine that Moscow considers absolutely unacceptable.
He’s already accused Europe of ‘hindering’ peace proposals from the USA, claiming they don’t have a ‘peaceful agenda’.
Zelensky previously said Putin was plotting a ‘big war’ in Europe in 2029 or 2030.
Nothing that Nato allies have done to date – sanctioning Russia and sending more weapons to Ukraine, or attempts for negotiations – has done the job to stop Vladimir Putin to date, leading to Zelensky’s push to ‘tackle this big challenge’.
Days ago, Putin claimed he had ‘no plans to attack Europe’ after France announced conscription efforts.
President Emmanuel Macron said the policy was in response to growing fears a couple of conflict with Russia.
‘The one method to avoid danger is to arrange for it,’ he said.
Last week, Russia rejected Europe’s 28-point peace proposal to finish the war in Ukraine by killing 4 people in its latest aerial strike.
Which countries could Putin invade next?
What the long run holds for Ukraine, and the remaining of Europe, is a conundrum a variety of experts have attempted to resolve.
Earlier this 12 months, Metro projected the timeline for Putin’s Eurasian Empire, with the assistance of United24, released as a warning on the third anniversary of the full-scale invasion.
Ranging from May 2025 – and ending, kind of, in September 2030, it shows key moments in the long run that result in an eventual latest ‘special military operation’ on NATO.
In keeping with the projection, Russia captures Moldova, through the puppet government of Transnistria, by deploying North Korean soldiers sent as a favour by Kim Jong-un.
Zelensky has previously warned that Moldova, alongside Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, could also be Putin’s next targets after Ukraine.
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