WORLD WAR III – Vladimir Putin played down fears of World War Three last night by claiming the prospect of Russia invading Poland or Latvia was ‘out of the question’.
Does Putin Plan to Expand the War in Ukraine?
The President said the Kremlin ‘simply don’t have any interest’ in expanding the war in Ukraine and suggested such a conflict would ‘bring all humanity to the brink of destruction’ while attacking the US and the West for arming Kyiv.
Putin made the comments in an interview with controversial American talk show host Tucker Carlson, his first with a Western journalist since before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago on February 24, 2022.
He also claimed military defeat for his troops was ‘impossible’ in the remarkable two-hour sit down in which he also said Boris Johnson scuppered a deal to end the fighting 18 months ago – months after Putin launched the invasion.
Will Russia Attack Poland?
Asked if he could imagine a scenario where his troops would be sent to Poland, Putin told Carlson: ‘Only in one case, if Poland attacks Russia. We have no interest in Poland, Latvia or anywhere else. Why would we do that? We simply don’t have any interest. It is absolutely out of the question.’
Why There Are Fears of WWII?
Fears of WWIII were raised when Admiral Rob Bauer, the chairman of NATO‘s Military Committee urged both civilians and governments to prepare for cataclysmic conflicts and the chilling prospect of being conscripted.
‘We have to realise it’s not a given that we are in peace. And that’s why we [NATO forces] have the plans, that’s why we are preparing for a conflict with Russia,’ Bauer told reporters last month after a meeting of NATO defence chiefs in Brussels.
‘But the discussion is much wider. It is also the industrial base and also the people that have to understand they play a role.’
Putin Sends Warning to Civilians in Russia
In a stark warning, he said civilians must be ready for a conflict in the next 20 years that would require wholesale change in their lives.
The governments of Estonia, Sweden and now the UK have already warned their respective nations that the prospect of large-scale war is on the horizon.
Putin Accused Boris Johnson of Not Wanting to Sign a Peace Deal
Putin outrageously claimed last night that he was ready to sign a deal to end the war with Ukraine a year and a half ago but Mr Johnson scuppered the deal.
He claimed the former Prime Minister ‘dissuaded’ the leader of Ukraine’s leading party from signing the document and said it ‘was better to fight Russia’ in the interview with Carlson.
Why Putin Granted Interview With Tuck Carlson
The Kremlin said Putin agreed to the interview because the approach of the former Fox News host ‘differed from the one-sided reporting of the Ukraine conflict’.
The President was allowed to drone on unchallenged for long chunks of time as he gave a rambling history lesson about Russia dating back to the year 800.
He claimed that Davyd Arakhamia, the head of Ukraine’s ruing party, put his ‘preliminary signature’ on the deal after direct negotiations with Russians in Istanbul.
