Ukrainian leader implores the West to “stop this crazy guy.”
Russia is preparing to station up to 150,000 troops in Belarus this year that could be used against NATO countries, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday in Munich.
“This year, Russia will prepare 15 divisions for training and strengthening the situation in the Belarusian direction. It will be 100,000-150,000 people, » Zelenskyy said.
« And I am not sure that this group will go on the offensive against Ukraine. But it will go on the offensive, » Zelenskyy said. « I am not intimidating anyone. They can simply go on the offensive into Ukraine, just like they went in 2022 … or they will go to Poland or the Baltic countries.”
“And I think this is his [Vladimir Putin’s] idea, all I’ve got from intelligence, I think that he’s preparing the war against NATO countries next year. But it is not 100 percent. God bless we will stop this crazy guy.
« How to stop him? Security guarantees for us,” Zelenskyy insisted.
The dire warning comes days after U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed to set up negotiations about the future of Ukraine, where the Kremlin chief has been waging all-out war for nearly three years.
This story is being updated.