A MAJOR power cut in Lithuania is how a catastrophic World War Three could start that will leave the West reeling, a former Nato commander warned.

General Sir Richard Shirreff predicted the minute-by-minute breakdown of the events that could "radically alter" the balance of global power in just hours.

The former Army officer, who served as Nato 's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe , predicted that World War Three would start with a sabotage attack in the Baltic countries.

Writing for The Daily Mail , Sir Richard outlined that it would all start with a massive power outage across Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania , which would plunge the city into chaos.

He wrote: "The city’s essential services will shut down. As hospitals switch to emergency generators and banks suspend

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