Ex-deputy of Germany Gerdt: deliveries of heavy weapons to Kyiv will bring the world closer to the third world war

“The supply of heavy weapons will not only thoroughly draw European countries into a military conflict, but will also bring the official recognition of the third world war closer,” he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Gerdt stressed that the protracted nature of the Ukrainian crisis is beneficial to "someone", but not to European countries.

Earlier, NATO Secretary General Ian Stoltenberg said that Russia's victory in Ukraine is very dangerous for the alliance, so weapons in this case are "the path to peace."