Vladimir Putin's terrifying plans in full from Prime Minister murder to Europe invasion

As Vladimir Putin approves a caller atomic doctrine amid fears of a 3rd satellite warfare escalating, the Mirror takes a look astatine the Kremlin leader's plans for planetary power

Vladimir Putin declared warfare connected Ukraine implicit 1,000 days ago, and now fears of wider struggle are bubbling.

The Russian President, 72, has been the country's person for much than 22 years and has agelong sought to halt Ukraine from getting person to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), a subject confederation that includes the US and the UK. On February 24, 2022, the Kremlin person launched a full-scale penetration of Ukraine.

Ever since, Putin has been precise wide astir his extremity - for Russia to person political power implicit Ukraine. But what other does the erstwhile KGB serviceman person planned? As Putin's state issues a chilling World War Three warning, the Mirror takes a look astatine his astir terrifying imaginable moves - including sidesplitting Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Nuclear warnings

In September, Putin said that if Western countries let Ukraine to onslaught heavy wrong Russia with their longer-rage weapons, "it volition mean that NATO countries, the US and European countries are astatine warfare with Russia". That enactment has present been crossed pursuing the determination by US President Joe Biden's medication to let Ukraine to motorboat missiles into Russian territory.

In response, Dmitry Medvedev, the lawman president of the Security Council of Russia and 1 of Putin's keenest allies, declared successful a statement: "This is already WWIII", sparking fears of planetary conflict.

Hours earlier reports of Ukraine's rocket usage came in, Putin approved a caller atomic doctrine, which states that Russia tin see the usage of atomic weapons if it is taxable to a accepted rocket assault. Professor Anthony Glees, a information and quality adept astatine the University of Buckingham, believes Putin volition motorboat atomic missiles connected Ukraine, the US oregon the UK "if helium feels similar it."

He explained to the Mirror: "[Putin is] saying, with acold brazen cheek, not conscionable that helium would deploy nukes if Russia (or Belarus) faced aggression from accepted unit of arms if this were to 'threaten our sovereignty oregon territorial integrity', but that if a conventionally equipped authorities (i.e. Ukraine) were 'supported' by a atomic powerfulness (i.e. the USA - oregon the UK), this would beryllium considered a 'joint attack' connected Russia and beryllium met by a atomic response.

He summarised: "In different words, he's saying helium volition consciousness escaped to motorboat a atomic onslaught either connected Ukraine oregon adjacent connected the USA and/or the UK if helium feels similar it." Putin has besides antecedently raised the imaginable of sending weapons to the West's adversaries, perchance referring to Iran.

Empty Ukraine

Russian attacks connected Ukraine's biggest cities, hospitals, schools and businesses person accrued with clip implicit the past 2 years. In April of this year, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said the metropolis - the 2nd largest successful Ukraine - is successful information of becoming a "second Aleppo" - Syria's largest metropolis earlier it was devastated by the Syrian Civil War.

"The Kremlin wants to marque Ukraine's 2nd metropolis unlivable," The Economist reported that month. Kharkiv is inactive experiencing the effects of the warfare present and is repeatedly deed by bombings, blackouts and a nonaccomplishment of population.

In June, Putin said Russia would extremity the warfare if Kyiv agreed to driblet its Nato ambitions and manus implicit the entirety of 4 provinces claimed by Moscow - which Ukraine swiftly rejected. He restated his request for Ukraine's demilitarisation and said an extremity to Western sanctions indispensable besides beryllium portion of the deal.

Global power

Earlier this year, elder Nato analysts shared Putin's 10-year program to grow Russia's powerfulness crossed Europe and disagreement America. A elder serviceman adjacent to the radical explained to The London Evening Standard: "We whitethorn already beryllium successful twelvemonth 2 of the plan, starting with the penetration of Ukraine 2 years ago."

"Putin has been saying for immoderate clip present that Russia is present confronting the West, not conscionable warring Ukraine," the root said. "Germany, arsenic good arsenic the US, among the allies is truly disquieted - that if Ukraine falls, we are each successful trouble."

It is understood that if Ukraine is defeated, Russia volition determination to instrumentality implicit the Baltic states - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia - which are each Nato members. Putin would past people different Baltic determination neighbours, specified arsenic Finland, Poland and Sweden, dividing Europe and moving connected to isolate America.

Kill Zelenksy

In opposition to Biden, the adjacent US President, Donald Trump, has vowed to bounds American enactment for Ukraine and extremity the warfare arsenic soon arsenic possible. But according to Professor Glees, Putin is alert that Trump's modus operandi won't enactment - and helium volition question to instrumentality each of Ukraine and termination Zelensky to guarantee that his state won't beryllium defeated.

The adept told the Mirror: "[Putin] knows Trump volition marque bid connected the ground of Putin having what he's already taken, forcing Ukraine to eschew NATO rank for 25 years. Putin knows this woody would not beryllium worthy the insubstantial it's written connected and aft a portion volition question to instrumentality each of Ukraine and termination Zelensky into the bargain."

Ruin the dollar

Putin has made it wide helium wants to ruin the US dollar and is keen to make alternatives. Last month, the Russian person accused Western powers of "using the dollar arsenic a weapon" astatine the BRIC's summit, arsenic the state has been locked retired of the US-dollar-dominated planetary fiscal system, making payments and transactions difficult.

Putin said: "We are not refusing, not warring the dollar, but if they don't fto america enactment with it, what tin we do? We past person to look for different alternatives, which is happening." Analysts from banking radical ING said Putin's absorption is connected "decreasing the usage of the dollar and, wherever possible, expanding the usage of BRICS currencies".