Common Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump's Particular Envoy for Ukraine, believes {that a} Russian victory in Ukraine would embolden Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin to assault a NATO member state. He additionally drew parallels between the present state of affairs and the interval earlier than World Struggle II.
Supply: Kellogg in an interview with The Telegraph, as reported by European Pravda
Particulars: Common Kellogg responded promptly when requested about remarks made by former US vp Mike Pence, who argued final week {that a} Russian takeover of Ukraine can be adopted by an assault on a NATO ally.
Quote: "Completely. You need to have a look at Putin and Russia as an expansionist energy. He desires to re-establish the Russian Empire – simply have a look at historical past. Give him an inch, he’ll take a mile.
In Munich in 1938, Hitler stated that he solely wished the Sudetenland. Then the Rhineland, then Poland, then we have been in World Struggle II. Historical past doesn’t repeat itself, but it surely certain does rhyme. That’s precisely what’s occurring right here with Ukraine. We should cease him [Putin] now."
Particulars: Within the interview, Kellogg additionally famous that the Kremlin chief "by no means stopped being" a KGB agent.
"He doesn’t perceive the West. He pretends to not converse English, however he does, and we’ve caught him out a number of occasions earlier than. He’s a manipulator. The one factor to counter that’s power, energy and pressure," Kellogg stated.
He added that Russia’s boasts of being a robust nuclear energy have to be answered, not ignored, and recalled how Trump spoke with North Korean chief Kim Jong Un.
Quote: "When the North Korean advised him that they have been a nuclear energy, Trump’s response was, ‘So am I. I’ve received a crimson button too. It’s greater than yours and mine works higher.’ Putin is a realist and if you happen to increase the stakes, he’s going to fold."
Particulars: The final additionally reiterated that the large-scale violation of Polish airspace by Russian drones on 10 September was not unintentional and that Russia is testing the West’s response.
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