Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, with his close ally Sergei Chemezov, the head of the state corporation RosTech.

A top Vladimir Putin ally has just claimed the West is on the cusp of triggering global war after allowing Ukraine to attack Russia.

Sergei Chemezov, the head of the Russian state corporation which supplies Moscow with many of its arms for the war, Rostec, told Reuters news agency that the country “feels confident” at the prospect of a wider conflict.

In a series of written replies to Reuters, the former KGB general said: “In a situation where the West, led by the United States, provokes war, we must be ready.

“The third year of the special operation is under way – Russia........

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