He warned on Sunday that the Russian president could invade non-NATO member nations including Moldova and Kazakhstan.
"We haven't seen behavior like this between nations since the 1930s. If we normalize it, the cascade effect of authoritarian states crossing borders to conquer territories will thrust us back into the times of the ancient Romans," he said."We don't want to go there."
Other leaders and experts raised similar concerns in the wake of the invasion. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said during a press conference last month that"the battle for Ukraine is a battle for Europe."Tensions between Russia and NATO states remained tense as the invasion into Ukraine continued Sunday. U.S. Secretary of Stateacknowledged"very credible" reports of Russian war crimes, including"deliberate" attacks on Ukrainian civilians.
In Ukraine, attempts to evacuate civilians from Mariupol again ended after alleged shelling from Russia—despite the two countries agreeing to an 11-hour cease-fire to allow the humanitarian corridor, according to the AP, while an attack on a pipelinePresident Voldomyr Zelensky continued pushing NATO countries, including the U.S., to send more warplanes to help defend their country—an idea that has bipartisan support among lawmakers.
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