Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has warned of the risk of Russian aggression against other European countries if Ukraine loses the war.

“This is the nature of Russia, that it does not stop unless it is stopped,” the 71-year-old president told dpa in an interview she gave on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. “Europeans should be worried,” he added.

“Ukraine is fighting today to defend European security and Ukrainians are dying for other Europeans,” Zurabishvili said.

“There is no difference between the Baltic states, Poland and the rest of the EU. Vladimir Putin’s choice, if he goes ahead and is not defeated in Ukraine, could be anything,” he commented.

The Georgian president pointed out that discussions about Russian weapons that can be used against satellites in space showed that geography no longer plays a role.

“I think it’s very clear and very easy today to support Ukraine than to face a wider war tomorrow,” said Zurabishvili.

“Therefore, if we don’t want to find ourselves at the next Munich Conference or in a few years in a much more difficult situation, I think the decision should be made today,” suggested the Georgian president.

Zourabishvili welcomed the EU’s new 50 billion euro support package for Ukraine and said she was “convinced” that Republicans in the US Congress would lift the block on further billions of dollars in aid.

Zurabishvili, whose role is ceremonial with very limited powers, is seen as pro-Western in a country with strong Russian influence. She has repeatedly accused her country’s government of being pro-Russian.

The head of state campaigned for Georgia to join the EU and NATO as soon as possible, but did not suggest a specific date.

“We think our place is there (in NATO) in the same way it is in the EU because we are deeply European and have been for a very long time,” he concluded.

This Black Sea country is a candidate for EU membership from December 2023. The country has also been trying to join NATO for several years.