Ukraine’s Admission to NATO ‘Guaranteed’ to Lead to World War 3: Russian Official

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, and Parliament Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk pose with a request for fast-track membership in the NATO military alliance in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 30, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters

Ukraine’s admission to NATO could trigger a third world war, the Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Alexander Venediktov, warned on Thursday.

In an interview with the Russian state-owned news agency Tass, Venediktov said that NATO itself is fully aware of the consequences of Ukraine being accepted into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.