«We don't want war against Europe, but if they want it we are ready» .
Vladimir Putin said this during a press conference, shortly before talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow.
" Europe," the Russian president said, "is trying to prevent the US administration from achieving peace in Ukraine , and all European proposals are aimed at this outcome, while the leadership in Kiev seems to live on another planet."
Again: "Russia has no intention of going to war with Europe, but if Europe starts, we will be ready immediately," Putin added, before reiterating: " We do not intend to go to war with Europe; I have said this a hundred times. But if Europe suddenly decides to fight and starts, we will be ready immediately."
Putin also threatened Ukraine regarding attacks on oil tankers and other vessels in the Black Sea: "If they continue, Russia will respond in the most radical way, isolating Ukraine from the sea."
(Unioneonline)
