Former CIA chief: Vladimir Putin will go to war with NATO and strike Moldova first

"Vladimir Putin's threats to invade in the Baltics and to cause a new war in Europe must be taken seriously," warned former CIA director David Petraeus in an interview with The Sun.

General David Petraeus is adamant that Russian President Vladimir Putin "will not be content to stop with Ukraine".

Retired four-star US general Petraeus, who commanded allied forces in Iraq, has said Ukraine's Western allies must do more to help win the war against Putin.

Experts have repeatedly warned that the Russian president has set his sights on more targets in his wild dream of regaining his lost empire.

And this week, Putin warned that he would send long-range missiles to his allies in response to the West sending Ukraine weapons.

In an interview with The Sun, Petraeus stated that Putin was "very clear" about starting a new war in Europe.

The world "must listen to Putin" as he "tells us what he believes," the former CIA chief has warned.

Petraeus pointed out: "The war in Ukraine could expand into the region if Putin succeeds in Ukraine. He will not be content to stop with Ukraine. Moldova will clearly be next. After that it could be Lithuania or one of the other Baltic states".

At the beginning of the year, David Petraeus told CNN that "if Vladimir Putin achieves his goals in Ukraine, Russia will "turn to" to Moldova or one of the Baltic states".