Volodymyr Zelensky has warned the Baltic states and Moldova about Vladimir Putin’s plans to rebuild the Soviet Union. In an interview with Denmark’s public broadcaster, the Ukrainian leader said he believed there was a risk that NATO could be drawn into the war if Moscow sought to annex some of the alliance’s member states.
Zelensky noted that skepticism about providing support for Ukraine serves no European country’s interests, realitatea.md reports, citing Antena3. He warned that if EU support were to disappear, the consequences could be “very dangerous.”
“Russia continues its hybrid attacks, as it has done many times in the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, and even Germany and Nordic countries such as Finland and Denmark. It would begin carrying out these attacks on a massive scale. This is a moderate scenario. Russia also advances deeper into Europe.
Putin wants to restore the USSR. What does that mean? It means exerting influence over the former Soviet states—at the very least, the Baltic countries and the Republic of Moldova. So NATO member states are also being targeted, which means NATO will have to respond,” Zelensky said.
The Ukrainian president believes that, in such a scenario, the whole of Europe would be drawn into the war, US intervention would be necessary, and the Kremlin could blockade the Baltic Sea.