World War III to start with simultaneous Xi, Putin invasions?

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Photo NATO

NATO chief Mark Rutte has chillingly warned that World War III will start with simultaneous invasions from Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.

Secretary-general Rutte suggested the combined attacks from the Chinese and Russian leaders could trigger a World War nightmare and bring the planet to the brink of Armageddon. 

According to the NATO chief, China would start by seeking to grab Taiwan - while ensuring the Kremlin dictator simultaneously attacks NATO territory, amid fears Putin is anyway eyeing the Baltic republics Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, formerly part of the USSR.

Russia today hit back at ex-Netherlands premier Rutte, claiming he had 'gorged on too many of the magic mushrooms beloved by the Dutch', while warning he should look forward to a future in a hellish Siberian labour camp.

Stressing the urgent need to re-arm and boost military budgets, Rutte told the New York Times in a chilling vision of the future: 'Let's not be naïve about this.

'If Xi Jinping would attack Taiwan, he would first make sure that he makes a call to his very junior partner in all of this, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, residing in Moscow, and telling him, "Hey, I'm going to do this, and I need you to to keep them busy in Europe by attacking NATO territory".

'That is most likely the way this will progress, and to deter them, we need to do two things' he added.

Continuing his terrifying account, Rutte said: 'One is that NATO, collectively, being so strong that the Russians will never do this.

'And second, working together with the Indo-Pacific - something President [Donald] Trump is very much promoting, because we have this close interconnectedness, working together on defence industry, innovation between NATO and the Indo-Pacific.'

Rutte warned that Putin is rearming at a fast pace, insisting that Western countries must increase defence spending.

'We have an enormous geopolitical challenge on our hands,' he said.

'And that is first of all Russia, which is reconstituting itself at a pace and a speed which is unparalleled in recent history.

'They are now producing three times as much ammunition in three months as the whole of NATO is doing in a year.

'This is unsustainable, but the Russians are working together with the North Koreans, with the Chinese and Iranians, the mullahs, in fighting this unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine.

'So here, the Indo-Pacific and your Atlantic are getting more and more interconnected. We know that China has its eye on Taiwan.'

Senior Putin security official Dmitry Medvedev - a former Russian president and ex-premier - lashed out on X: 'Rutte has clearly gorged on too many of the magic mushrooms beloved by the Dutch.

'He sees collusion between China & Russia over Taiwan, and then a Russian attack on Europe.

'But he's right about one thing: he should learn Russian. It might come in handy in a Siberian camp.'

The warnings came as Russia continued its onslaught on Ukraine - days after Putin informed Trump by telephone that he had no intention of halting his war of invasion. - Daily Mail via MSN News