Could the terror attack that left more than 100 people dead in Russia spark World War III? According to one expert, it could.
Professor Anthony Glees sounded the alarm after Russia President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of being behind the attack, which terror group ISIS has claimed, Knewz.com has learned.
Glees, a professor of politics and the director of the Center for Security and Intelligence Studies at the University of Buckingham, said the fact that Putin has also suggested the United States and the United Kingdom were involved puts the world in a dangerous situation.
“Indeed, we have moved a substantial step closer to a more general war with Russia and we need to get real about this right now, from today,” Glees told The Daily Star.
Putin has threatened “oblivion” for the gunmen who killed 137 people at a concert hall on Friday, March 22.
“This is in itself a serious escalation in the war and one which will have the most serious consequences,” Glees said.
There have been fears that Russia will expand its operations into the Baltic States if it conquers Ukraine, a prospect Glees sees as a real possibility.
“[Putin] will begin to prepare the ground for an attack on the Baltic States, using the Kaliningrad enclave as his launch-pad for an operation to seal off the eastern Baltic and try to frighten NATO ships back beyond Swedish waters,” Glees said.
The idea of a direct conflict between Russia and NATO — which could spur a third world war — has become increasingly possible in recent months.
As Knewz.com reported on Tuesday, March 26, Poland, a member of NATO, is considering whether or not it will shoot down Russian missiles that enter its airspace.
“NATO is analyzing different concepts, including that such missiles should be shot down when they are very close to the NATO border — but this should happen with the consent of the Ukrainian side and taking into account international consequences,” Poland Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland Andrzej Szejna said on RMF FM radio, according to an X post from Ukrainian internal affairs advisor Anton Gerashchenko.
“In this case, NATO missiles would hit Russian missiles outside the territory of the Alliance Treaty,” he added.
The possibility of NATO shooting down a Russian missile would likely have significant circumstances. Thus far, NATO has avoided direct contact with Moscow in connection to the Russia-Ukraine war.
But Putin has said that the globe is “one step” away from a world war, and shooting down a missile from the Kremlin could be seen as Western provocation.
Szejna’s comments come two days after a Russian missile entered Polish airspace before striking down in Ukraine.
As Knewz.com reported on Sunday, March 24, Poland is demanding an explanation regarding the incident from Moscow, as this is not the first time a Russian aerial attack has passed through Polish airspace.
The Polish Armed Forces Operational Command stated that a Russian cruise missile entered the airspace of Poland “near the town of Oserdow (Lublin Voivodeship) and stayed there for 39 seconds,” according to The Guardian.
“I’ve said before that Russia will use different ways to poke NATO and look at its reaction. Russia might not want to attack NATO directly, it will be happy if NATO just breaks down. Is NATO becoming aware of the threat?” Gerashchenko wrote on X on Tuesday, March 26.
NATO has some 90,000 troops deployed in response to Russia’s aggression. The alliance performed wargames just outside the country’s border earlier this month.
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