Russian victory would lead to ‘third world war,’ Ukrainian PM warns [Video]

Two weeks after the United States passed its long-awaited foreign aid bill, Ukraine’s prime minister is warning that if his country falls to Russia, there will be a “third world war.”

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told Rosemary Barton Live Friday that Russia likely will target Poland and Baltic countries if Ukraine loses the conflict. That, he said, would “lead to the need for NATO to come into this war.”

In the interview, Shmyhal called on the G7 and the European Union to work together to protect not only the Ukrainian people but also democratic values.

“We protect European values, European borders, and we protect borders of the civilized world,” Shmyhal said, adding that supporting Ukraine is necessary to “protect a global future.”

Shmyhal’s comments come a day after Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland told a Chatham House event that a Russian victory in Ukraine “would be inaugurating a whole era of the decline of democracy, and the triumph …