“If Ukraine joins NATO Europe will be automatically drawn into direct conflict with Russia”

Putin - “Do you realise if Ukraine joins NATO & attempts to seize Crimea by military means, that European Putin - “Do you realise if Ukraine joins NATO & attempts to seize Crimea by military means, that European Countries will be automatically drawn into direct conflict with Russia”

“We also realise that Russia is one of the leading nuclear powers”

The fact the conflict has been allowed to get this far with this kind of rhetoric just demonstrates how truly insane Western Leaders are. Countries will be automatically drawn into direct conflict with Russia”

“We also realise that Russia is one of the leading nuclear powers”

The fact the conflict has been allowed to get this far with this kind of rhetoric just demonstrates how truly insane Western Leaders are.