News - Middle East: President Vladimir Putin has warned the US-led Western camp against the world-spanning consequence of a conflict between Russia and NATO.

“It is clear to everyone that this will be one step away from a full-scale World War Three. I think hardly anyone is interested in this,” Putin said.
The Russian leader was talking to reporters on Sunday evening, after his re-election for a new term of six years as president.
“Everything is possible in the modern world,” Putin said when asked about French President Emmanuel Macron’s remarks in February about sending troops to Ukraine and the risks a conflict between Russia and NATO.
The Russian leader said he wished Macron would stop seeking to aggravate the war in Ukraine but to play a role in finding peace. “It seems that France could play a role. All is not lost yet.”
Putin said NATO military personnel were presently active in Ukraine, and that Russian forces had picked up transmissions both in English and French on the warfront. “There is nothing good in this, first of all for them, because they are dying there and in large numbers.”