'Russia Prepares Europe’s Biggest War Since 1945’
(Worthy News)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that Europe is heading towards its most significant armed conflict since the end of World War Two. He made the comments as the West fears for an imminent full-scale Russian invasion into Ukraine, where a flare-up of fighting has been seen between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists.
Johnson said intelligence suggests Russia plans to launch an invasion that will encircle the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. “The plan that we are seeing is for something that could be the biggest war since 1945,” he said.
“Just in terms of sheer scale, you are looking at not just to an invasion through the east through the Donbas region but according to intelligence that we are seeing coming down from the north, down from Belarus and actually encircling Kyiv itself as [U.S. President] Joe Biden explained to us last night. And you know people have to understand the sheer cost in human life that could entail not just for Ukrainians but also for Russians,” Johnson added.
He spoke at Germany’s annual Munich Security Conference while fighting intensified between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian government forces in eastern Ukraine.
Video footage seen by Worthy News showed Ukrainian officials, soldiers, and foreign journalists running away from what appeared to be shelling as they visited the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine on Saturday.
The group reportedly drove to an ‘observational outpost’ in the Donetsk region and took shelter when coming under fire by 120 millimeters caliber ammunition. A spokesperson of President Volodymyr Zelensky said they had to be evacuated to a shelter.
Explosions continued in Donetsk on Sunday morning, while separatists in the Luhansk region claimed Ukrainian government forces mounted an attack that killed at least two civilians. Russian investigators said they opened an inquiry as Russia has given citizenship to at least 720,000 people in rebel territories. The incidents came after authorities said at least one Ukrainian soldier was killed in heavy shelling over the weekend.
Story by Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent, Worthy News
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