WARMONGERING tyrant Vladimir Putin has already plunged the globe into World War Three, a top Ukrainian MP has warned.
Fears are growing across Europe that as Russia’s brutal invasion wears on.
But with troops from ‘s regime fighting on European soil armed with Iranian-built killer and high-tech Chinese kit, Kyiv believes the battle lines of a worldwide clash have already been drawn.
And Britain and its Western allies have been urged to wake up to that terrifying reality before it is too late.
Speaking exclusively to , Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko issued a stark warning that the conflict has long ceased to be a regional war.
She said: “In , we have North Korean soldiers fighting for .
“Russia is waging this war against Ukraine with Iranian Shahed drones. China has been supplying a whole lot of equipment unconditionally to Russia as well. And we have also captured Chinese prisoners of war.
“I mean, you tell me, is this World War Three or is this just Russia waging a war of aggression against Ukraine?”
Vasylenko, who represents the centre right Voice party, also launched a blistering attack on the United States – accusing Washington of leaving Kyiv dangerously exposed by failing to deliver promised air defence weapons.
While hopes have been raised of more support following President Trump’s astonishing midterms drubbing, she admitted Ukraine’s relationship with the White House remains “complicated”.
She said: “Every time that there’s peace talks announced, the hopes go up.
“Every time that there seems to be our strategic friends and strategic partners back in in the United States, for example, our hopes go up.
“Unfortunately, too many times over the past couple of years, these hopes were shattered brutally over the realities.”
Vasylenko said inaction was having a deadly impact on the frontline, revealing that Ukraine’s depleted air defences were only able to shoot down a slim fraction of .
The MP also warned that millions of Ukrainians are now staring down the barrel of a brutal as Putin’s cannon fodder wage a heartless blitz on the country’s power grid, hoping to freeze the country’s resilient civilians into submission.
Since late August, targeted Russian strikes have zoned in on Kyiv’s emergency network, leaving it on the brink of collapse.
Some families have been left with just two hours of power a day or even no running water.
Vasylenko explained: “It’s going to be a second, really difficult winter for us. Russia has specifically targeted infrastructure, especially in big cities and especially in the capital. Russia’s strategy right now is to paralyse Kyiv completely.”
She added: “Kyiv is essentially a four-million city where millions live in apartment blocks — it’s not like in the UK where people have more private houses.
“If there’s no electricity, that means there’s no water. That means the sewage system doesn’t work.
“All of this is making life extremely difficult, and you can imagine that for the most vulnerable parts of the population — older people, people with disabilities, mothers with newborn babies — for them, life is completely impossible in the capital.”
“And this is exactly what Russia wants to achieve — to make Kyiv unliveable, so that it becomes more vulnerable and easier to attack and take on.”
