Ukraine’s First President Leonid Kravchuk Warns Of World War III

Ukraine’s first president, Leonid Kravchuk, has slammed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and said he would take up arms to defend his homeland if Moscow does not retreat.

 

In an op-ed written for the Russian magazine snob.ru, Kravchuk said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had gone too far.

 

“They have gone beyond their base and occupied Crimea — it is conquered territory,” he said. “Russia violated the Budapest Memorandum. Ukraine has every reason to go to international arbitration.”

 

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