Ukraine is using Palantir Technologies Inc PLTR +6.31% + Free Alerts
\nsoftware effectively in the war with Russia, but CEO Alex Karp believes Russian President Vladamir Putin won’t stop with Ukraine.<\/p>\n
“It’s very hard to know what’s going to happen, but you have an adversary who is zero-sum,” Karp said Tuesday in an interview at the World Economic Forum aired on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”<\/p>\n
What To Know: As Russia continues to push forward in the Donbas region in east Ukraine, Karp is warning that the Russian president isn’t going to stop.<\/p>\n
“If Putin goes home and says ‘hey, we lost,’ he will lose his life,” Karp said.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think the war is likely to end in Ukraine.”<\/p>\n
The Palantir CEO told CNBC that Putin will continue pushing forward even though Ukraine has shown that it can win the war using Palantir technology combined with heroism.<\/p>\n
If the West allows Putin to continue pushing forward, violating the sovereignty of Ukraine, it will set a horrible precedent, he said: “So we can’t allow that to happen.”<\/p>\n
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