The arrival of 4,000 Russian soldiers on the country’s border with Ukraine could trigger a European war, according to a military expert in the region.
According to reports, Pavel Felgenhauer’s warnings came when social media showed suspicious Russian military accumulations near eastern Ukraine and the rebel-annexed Crimean region.
“The crisis has the potential to escalate into a pan-European, if not global, war,” Felgenhauer, an independent Russian military analyst, said in a recent interview with the Rosbalt newspaper in Russia. “Will it happen or not? We look forward to seeing you. In the West, they don’t know what to do with it. ”
On Friday, Russia warned it would “take additional measures” if NATO sent troops to Ukraine as images of Russian military helicopters and tanks piled up at the border appeared.
Last week, the United States pledged “unwavering support” to Ukraine.
