If #Russia, which sees itself as an empire, will become a single country with #Belarus and #Ukraine, it will then go for #Warsaw_pact countries, #Ukraine's Intelligence Chief #Kyrylo_Budanov said.

During #Yalta_European Strategy's special gathering "Three Years — Time to Win," he stated that "the empire that the current leadership of the #Russian_Federation is leaning toward is a model of the #Soviet_Union but with the #Warsaw_Pact countries."