Borrell says where Russian troops will come if they are not stopped in Ukraine

Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin will not stop in Ukraine and will go further to the West if he is not rebuffed. This was stated by EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell speaking at Oxford University.

He noted that Russian troops would quickly approach the Polish border without being properly repelled.

Today Putin is an existential threat to all of us. If Putin succeeds in Ukraine, he will not stop there. Europeans should be aware of the prospect of having a puppet government in Kiev, as in Belarus, and Russian troops on the Polish border," he said.

Borrell said that Western countries have united to help Ukraine defend itself against the enemy and reclaim the territories seized by the Russians. He also emphasised that Putin now perceives the entire West as an enemy that poses a threat to the ruling regime.

Putin perceives the entire West as an enemy. He has made this clear in many of his speeches. Every day on Russian TV stations they say and repeat, "The West is the whole West, the global West is our enemy." And they act accordingly through disinformation, poisoning our information environment," the diplomat added.

According to Borrell, Russia is trying to interfere in the EU's democratic processes, particularly in European elections. He also urged not to rule out a direct military threat from the Russian Federation.

We would like to point out that the West has been providing assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. This includes military support, financial, humanitarian aid, reception of refugees and sanctions pressure on Moscow.

Earlier, a number of Western politicians said that Putin, if successful in Ukraine, might attack the Baltic states, Moldova, Poland and Finland.