Ukraine’s Zelensky introduced a shock bid for fast-track membership of the NATO in September.
Moscow:
The admission of Ukraine to NATO may lead to a 3rd world battle, the deputy secretary of the Safety Council of the Russian Federation, Alexander Venediktov, instructed the state TASS information company in an interview on Thursday.
“Kyiv is effectively conscious that such a step would imply a assured escalation to a World Struggle Three,” TASS cited Venediktov as saying.
“Apparently, that is what they’re relying on – to create informational noise and draw consideration to themselves as soon as once more.”
Venediktov additionally repeated a Russian place that the West, by serving to Ukraine, indicated that “they’re a direct occasion to the battle”.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy introduced a shock bid for fast-track membership of the NATO army alliance on the finish of September, after President Vladimir Putin held a ceremony in Moscow to proclaim the 4 partially occupied areas as annexed Russian land.
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