Ukraine's prime minister has told the BBC there will be a "Third World War" if Ukraine loses its conflict with Russia, as he urged the US Congress to pass a long-stalled foreign aid bill.
Denys Shmyhal expressed "careful optimism" that US lawmakers would pass the hotly contested measure, which has $61bn (£49bn) earmarked for Kyiv.
The House of Representatives is set to vote on the package this Saturday.
The proposal includes funding for Israel as well as the Indo-Pacific.
"Or, there will be many conflicts, many such kinds of wars, and in the end of the day, it could lead to the Third World War."
This is not the first time Ukraine has issued such an alarming warning about the consequences of its potential defeat.
Last year, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that if Russia won the conflict, it could next invade Poland, triggering World War Three.
In Wednesday's interview, Prime Minister Shmyhal was asked about a recent claim by Republican House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul that members of his own party were being "infected" by Russian propaganda.
Mr Shmyhal said: "We should understand that disinformation and propaganda is influencing here in the United States on many people, in European Union on many people, such as in Ukraine."
Months of congressional impasse have already had profound effects on the battlefield.
Ukraine has found itself outmanned and outgunned and forced into retreat because of ammunition rationing and falling morale.
In February, it retreated from Avdiivka, a town near occupied Donetsk that it had held since the conflict began in 2014.
Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, a general overseeing the withdrawal, cited a 10-to-one artillery ammunition advantage for his enemies and said pulling back after months of fighting was "the only correct solution".
President Biden has cited "dwindling supplies as a result of congressional inaction" as a reason for the retreat.
Avdiivka's loss was the heaviest for Ukraine since its troops pulled out of Bakhmut in May 2023.
Both came after months of attritional warfare in which Russian forces levelled buildings with massed artillery and poured waves of troops into the frontline.