The arrival of 4,000 Russian troops on the border with Ukraine could spark a European war, according to a military expert in the region.
Reports say Pavel Felgenhauer’s warnings came when social media revealed suspicious Russian military build-up near rebel-occupied eastern Ukraine and the annexed region of Crimea.
“The crisis could escalate into a pan-European war, if not a world war,” said Felgenhauer, an independent Russian military analyst, in a recent interview with the Rosbalt news center in Russia. Will it happen or not? Let’s wait. In the West they don’t know what to do about it. “
On Friday, Russia warned it would “take extra measures” if NATO sent troops to Ukraine, as images surfaced of Russian military helicopters and tanks piled up at the border.
Last week, the US pledged “continued support” to Ukraine.
