Russia’s dangerous alliances raise tensions as ex military chief declares ‘WW3 has begun’

’s former military chief has declared that has already arrived, with North Korea, Iran and China acting as ’s strong allies.

Speaking at the UP100 award ceremony, which celebrates 100 Ukrainian civil society, political, military, business, sports and culture leaders, Valery Zaluzhny issued a warning about what he believes about the current war state.

He said: “I believe in 2024 we can absolutely believe that the Third World War has begun.”

At the beginning of the year, he also addressed the matter of the alliances has made with North Korea, stating that “ is no longer facing . Soldiers from North Korea are standing in front of .”

The comments followed reports of the North Korean city, Pyongyang, distributing around 10,000 militaries to fight with Russian soldiers in .

The former chief, who is now ’s envoy to the UK, mentioned that Tehran is also in support of the Russian army in that fight with .

Over 8,000 drones developed in Iran have been launched in the two-and-a-half years of the war, according to Kyiv, and has also reportedly sent thousands of Shahed attack drones to Moscow, while also helping build its own.

Valery Zaluzhny described Iran’s aid to the war as “killing civilians absolutely openly, without any shame.”

The idea that World War Three is happening can come from the fact that now Chinese and North Korean weapons are being used in , according to the former chief. Additionally, Moscow’s ambassador to the UK stated that Britain had become “directly involved” in the war following Kyiv’s Storm Shadow attack on Russian territory.

Lt. Gen Sir Rob Magowan, deputy chief of the British defence staff, told the House of Commons defence committee on November 21 that “If the British Army was asked to fight tonight, it would fit tonight.”

Despite the top military official’s comment and the fact that the UK military capabilities would not be able to stand over two months in the war against , the PM had already told local radio that the UK is “not at war, but certainly is.” Following with a statement he made that the war “could end today if Putin stopped being the aggressor.”