Moscow getting ready for world war - expert


Ukraine is not Russia’s ultimate goal, but only an element of preparation for a broader offensive, Valentyn Petrov, Head of Service on Issues of Information Security of the Staff of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, believes.

“If you look at modern Russian military initiatives, you may say that it is not only a preparation for a war with Ukraine, it is one of the elements of a broader strategic deployment of the Russian offensive machine. It strides from the North Sea to Syria. In fact, we can talk about preparations for the world war,” Petrov said at the presentation of The World in 2019, the joint project of Ukrainian Week and The Economist.

According to him, the global conflict may be unleashed in the coming years. “All plans for rearmament of large powers, in particular, the Russian Federation, are scheduled for 2023-2025. The world can be prepared for a global conflict literally in 6 years, but it can break out even earlier,” Petrov said.

The next year may be vital because of the presidential and parliamentary elections in which the aggressor will try to interfere, the expert stressed.

“It is absolutely clear that our opponent will try to take advantage of this. “Military card” is played, military units are being deployed at the border. It is really a terrible force, and this force is not only for Ukraine – it is to pass through Ukraine and move further, enter the Baltic States and Poland through Belarus,” the press service of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine quotes Mr Petrov.

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