I fought in Ukraine – deranged Putin is serious about new Russian empire and Britain is sleepwalking into a world war
THE UK could be sleepwalking into a global war as Vladimir Putin pushes for a new world order, a British volunteer soldier has warned.
Megalomaniac tyrant Putin's goal is to
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Macer Gifford, a former banker from the UK, fought against Russia in Ukraine
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Vladimir Putin is pushing for a new world order
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Ukrainian troops fire a howitzer towards Russian troops
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For decades, the dictator has been chasing his twisted dream to reinstate the Soviet Union - and repeatedly called for an end to the "unipolar world".
Despite Western nations calling for Putin to hash out a ceasefire deal, the despot has doubled down on his invasion of Ukraine in recent days.
But Macer - who also
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He told The Sun: "Britain should be fighting for the world.
"If Putin were to take Ukraine, with all its resources and all its technology, and add it to his growing military and his growing might, there are many other countries that he also wants to invade.
"He genuinely believes, and he's almost proving it now in Ukraine, that if you have nuclear weapons and a vast amount of soldiers, all you've got to do is invade, put troops on the ground.
"And if the Americans and Brits don't oppose you and you hide behind your nuclear weapons, there is nothing that can stop you.
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"We need to contain this growing threat, and the only way we can do that is through strength.
"And my biggest fear is naivety is taking hold, and this foolish attempt at negotiation is just not going to bring people together, and this war will drag on for a lot longer."
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Macer, who battled Putin's fighters in the fields between Mykolaiv and Kherson, the islands of Dnipro and the forests of Lyman - warned an "axis of evil" forming.
He believes rogue nations
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Macer said: "The trouble is, if we surrender countries like Ukraine, if we surrender our values, what do we have to draw upon when it comes to fighting other dangers around the world?
"How much are we going to inspire these horrible dictatorships in China and Iran and other places from stopping, first of all, creating nuclear weapons and exporting them abroad to places like North Korea, but also by taking countries and taking exactly the Russian playbook?
"Because very soon we might see a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. We might see an Iranian cutoff of the Gulf regions and attacks on the oil infrastructure to undermine British and American infrastructure in the area, and of course target Israel.
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"There could be a global war if we are not careful, because there is a new axis of evil forming around the world, based around North Korea, Iran, China and Russia.
"And unless we confront them, unless we remember our values and stand for them, we could just sleepwalk into a crisis.
Putin's 'multipolar world'
VLADIMIR Putin is determined to see through the rise of a "multipolar world
The dictator has repeatedly touted the dawn of a new world order that would put his country at the centre of power.
Back in 2007, he declared at Munich Security Conference: "One state and, of course, first and foremost the United States, has overstepped its national borders in every way.
"I am convinced that we have reached that decisive moment when we must seriously think about the architecture of global security."
Putin is attempting to push through his overarching goal by seizing Ukraine and expanding his interests in the Middle East.
The dictator is also trying to strengthen Russia's partnership with China and undermine Nato.
His idea is to create a multipolar world - likely where Russia, China and US are the three superpowers in charge of the international order.
Putin's concept would see these larger nations exert leverage over smaller nations to advance their own strategic interests.
The dictator's dream is for Russia to have diplomatic and military superiority over the US - by dismantling Nato.
But since his invasion of Ukraine, Nato countries have renewed their collective values and action - which is the opposite of what Putin set out to do.
"And that's exactly the appeasement policies of the 1930s that almost destroyed the world back then."
It comes as Donald Trump's "candid" call with Putin in a bid to restart peace talks fell flat as the despot readies his troops for a "long war".
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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky warned intelligence shows Vlad no intention of ending the war.
Military analysts believe the Russian tyrant is trying to press home his advantage and capture more Ukrainian land.
Ex-banker Macer fears if Putin is able to succeed in Ukraine, it could spell disaster for world order and pave the way for fresh attacks.
He added: "You've seen a West that is increasingly becoming populist and disengaging from the world.
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"The danger is the dream of a so-called multipolar world that Vladimir Putin talks about is coming to fruition. It's coming.
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A Ukrainian soldier of the Azov Brigade in a trench during a military training exercise in eastern Donetsk region
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Macer spent the first two months of the war teaching soldiers how to treat medical emergencies
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Putin with China's dictator Xi Jinping
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"That means a balkanisation of the world, of different powers from China and Asia, Russia and Europe, the Americans and the Americas, dividing the world amongst themselves and no longer believing in the basic human rights and individual liberties that you and hopefully you guys at home truly believe in.
"And that scares the hell out of me.'
Since taking office in January, Trump has been attempting to divide the powers of Moscow and Beijing.
Speaking last October, he said: "I'm going to have to un-unite them, and I think I can do that."
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China and Russia have been growing steadily closer since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 - with shared major strategic goals.
At the top of the list is challenging the Western liberal order the powers deem to be led by the US.
Western countries have unified in their stance against Russia and China's provocations in Ukraine and other former satellite states, and the South China Sea and Taiwan respectively.
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But Xi Jinping and Putin have reaffirmed their relationship, insisting: "China-Russia relations have reached the highest level in history."
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The two countries earlier this month said they "jointly resist any attempts to interfere with and disrupt the traditional friendship and deep mutual trust between China and Russia."
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