"After Ukraine, Putin wants to attack three more targets"
Putin will not stop at Ukraine and has set his sights on three targets for rebuilding the Russian empire, warns Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics.
Rinkevics sees an uncertain future for European security in the face of an increasingly aggressive Russia. According to him, Russia's war against Ukraine is likely to lead to even more bloodshed as the Kremlin is driven by "resentment over its lost empire".
"If Russia feels it has won in Ukraine the temptation will be for it to continue. If it feels it was defeated, the desire will be for revenge," Rinkevics said. This would put Europe's security "at risk for many years, if not decades".
Putin's first goals to rebuild the Soviet empire will be the conquest of Moldova and regions in the Caucasus and Central Asia, with countries like Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan or Tajikistan.
(Fausto with FM/Source: The Sun/Illustration picture: Pixabay)
