Putin threatens World War 3 if America sends soldiers to Ukraine

Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has threatened the outbreak of a major war that could cause the extinction of humanity if the United States sends troops to fight in Ukraine.

Putin issued the threat during an interview with former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson, his first interview with a western journalist since Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022.

Responding to a question about Russia’s possible reaction to a direct US military intervention in Ukraine, Putin said, “This is a provocation. I do not understand why American soldiers should fight in Ukraine.

“Well, if somebody has the desire to send regular troops, that would certainly bring humanity to the brink of a very serious global conflict. This is obvious,” Putin added.

“Do the United States need this? What for? Thousands of miles away from your national territory. Don’t you have anything better to do? You’ve issues on the border, issues with migration, issues with the national debt… you have nothing better to do, so you should fight in Ukraine?

“Wouldn’t it be better to negotiate with Russia? Make an agreement. Already understanding the situation that is developing today, realising that Russia will fight for its interests to the end.”

A war between Russia and America will certainly involve nuclear weapons, which are capable of not only causing irreversible damaged to both countries, but the world altogether.

This is because most European countries, including Germany, Britain and France, are in a military alliance with the United States and will not be indifferent to such a war.

In his two-hour interview with Tucker, which took place at the Russian Presidency, President Putin also explained the rationale behind Russia’s war on Ukraine.

He said the war was provoked by attempts to make Ukraine a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a military alliance between the US and Europe.

This was in violation of post-cold war agreements that promised NATO could not expand eastward towards Russia, he said.

“Not an inch to the East … and then what? They said, ‘Well, it’s not enshrined on paper, so we’ll expand.’”

“There were five waves of expansion. We tolerated all that. We were trying to persuade them. We were saying, ‘Please don’t. We are as bourgeois now as you are. We are a market economy, and there is no Communist Party power. Let’s negotiate’,” Putin said.

The US and other Western governments however say the Russian attack on Ukraine was unprovoked and have been pouring in billions in military and financial aid to the country since the war started.

The US alone has sent in more than $75 billion in cash and equipment to Ukraine, which is more than the amount contributed by Germany, Britain, Norway and Denmark, the next four largest contributors to Ukraine.

The war will enter its third year on February 24, and hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and Russians have perished in the conflict.

Concerning the prospects of ending the war, Putin said he is open to dialogue with Ukraine, but insisted that Russia’s final goal is to de-nazisify Ukraine.

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