UKRAINE's invasion by Russia may be the beginning of the "World War Three" and our civilization "may not be able to survive it", said billionaire financier George Soros in a stark warning while speaking at his annual dinner at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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Mr Soros, 91, cast the Ukraine war as part of a broader struggle between open societies and closed societies such as China and Russia which were in the ascent. The financier billionaire also said that Russian President Vladimir Putin, who says the “special operation” in Ukraine is going to plan and will achieve all the Kremlin's aims, now believed the invasion was a mistake and was preparing to negotiate a ceasefire.
He said: “The invasion may have been the beginning of the Third World War and our civilization may not survive it.
“The best and perhaps only way to preserve our civilization is to defeat Putin as soon as possible. That's the bottom line”.
“But the ceasefire is unattainable because he cannot be trusted. The weaker Putin gets the more unpredictable he becomes”.
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