Wałęsa: 'Putin has to be stopped'
PR dla Zagranicy
Nick Hodge
27.01.2015 09:14
Former president of Poland Lech Wałęsa has argued that if the West does not show solidarity over the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, the conflict will develop into a major war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) meets with students at the Gorny National Mineral Resources University in St. Petersburg, Russia, 26 January 2015. Photo: EPA/Mikhail Klimentyev
''We cannot discuss among ourselves whether we should send troops to Ukraine,'' Wałęsa told Radio Gdańsk.
''What's needed is a sensible action,'' he said.
''To push back Russia and Putin it's necessary to get organised, everyone has to do something towards this, and that will contribute to the effectiveness of the operation,'' he argued.
''There has to be a wise, united, safe operation that is simultaneously effective,'' he stressed.
''If we don't show solidarity, there will be a war.
''That doesn't mean a nuclear war right away, but a growing escalation,'' he said. adding that Putin ''has to be stopped.'' (nh)
Source: IAR