Admission of Ukraine to NATO can lead to third world war - Russian official - Reuters

Oct 13 (Reuters) - The admittance of Ukraine to NATO could effect successful a 3rd satellite war, the lawman caput of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Alexander Venediktov, told the authorities TASS quality bureau successful an interrogation connected Thursday.

"Kyiv is good alert that specified a measurement would mean a guaranteed escalation to a World War Three," TASS cited Venediktov arsenic saying.

"Apparently, that's what they are counting connected - to make informational sound and gully attraction to themselves erstwhile again."

Venediktov besides repeated a Russian presumption that the West, by helping Ukraine, indicated that "they are a nonstop enactment to the conflict".

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced a astonishment bid for fast-track rank of the NATO subject confederation astatine the extremity of September, aft President Vladimir Putin held a ceremonial successful Moscow to proclaim the 4 partially occupied regions arsenic annexed Russian land. work much

Reporting successful Melbourne by Lidia Kelly; Editing by Robert Birsel

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