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‘Putin will spark a third world war if Russia claims victory in Ukraine’: Ukrainian steel magnate Yuriy Ryzhenkov warns of global fallout from the Kremlin’s war (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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Vladimir Putin will spark a third world war if the Russian president is allowed to declare victory in Ukraine, according to the boss of the country’s biggest private employer.

Yuriy Ryzhenkov, chief executive of Metinvest, which ran the sprawling Azovstal steelworks that became the site of a relentless Russian assault at the start of the 2022 invasion, warned of the consequences of a Kremlin victory.

“I don’t believe that if Ukraine fails, Putin will stop,” he said in an interview ahead of the two year anniversary of the war in Ukraine. “The Baltic states, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia are the next targets.”

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[–] gian@lemmy.grys.it 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If Alaska is a great starting point for invasion, then we definitely should not let them take Alaska.

If the Black Sea is a great starting point for invasione, then we definitely should not let them take the Black Sea.

[–] Thief_of_Crows@lemmy.ml -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's not though. It's strategic importance is purely defensive. It is useful for influencing places that border the black sea. It's completely irrelevant to an attack on anywhere else

[–] gian@lemmy.grys.it 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Do you realize that "influencing places that border the Black Sea" means "influencing 3 NATO members and Ukraine" which basically are the 90% of the coast of the Black Sea. Invading one of the only two non NATO members facing the Black Sear does not seems a particular intellingent way to try to influence the others...

[–] Thief_of_Crows@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

By influence, I meant militarily.

[–] gian@lemmy.grys.it 2 points 8 months ago

Then it is even dumber doing it this way.