Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister thinks Europe is 'eager' to get involved in a war and has warned them against doing so.
It seems the conflict in Ukraine is a broader war between Russia and Western countries that support Ukraine, like the US and the UK.
And just days after Vladimir Putin promised not to attack Europe, Russia has accused NATO of 'actively preparing for the inevitable'.
Although Putin said last week that a conflict with Europe is 'outright lies and nonsense', Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko thinks 'there is a deliberate preparation underway for the economy, society, and military organisation for an inevitable armed conflict with Russia'.
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As reported by Russian news agency Tass, Grushko told the media after the OSCE Foreign Ministers’ Council meeting that Europe is working with the US to include American missiles in a future attack.
"Currently, many countries are eagerly declaring their readiness to host US medium-range missiles on their territory, or to develop and build their own," he claimed.
"They do so as if they don't understand that they are creating a vulnerability for themselves, and converting themselves into potential targets."
Grushko said the 'situation is very dangerous because Europe is moving down the path of the Cold War, when aggressive military planning is paired with aggressive policies'.
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"It is very difficult to imagine what kind of political heavyweights the West will need to make decisions to stop this flywheel and shift it into reverse," he added.
Meanwhile, Putin said the US has been involved in bringing the war to an end in Ukraine, with US President Donald Trump telling reporters that he had a 'very good' meeting with him over a peace proposal.
“We see that the American side takes our position into account in some areas,” the Russian leader said. “But in other points, we clearly need to sit down and talk.”
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On what it would take to stop the war from their side, he said: “If Ukrainian troops leave the territories they occupy, then we will stop fighting. If they don’t, we will achieve our aims militarily.”
As the war rumbles on, Putin was asked by Aaj Tak and India Today TV channels if he regretted any of his decisions as president.
"It's kind of a traditional question, actually, but it seems to me that it's more or less pointless to look back and say that I would have redone this and that," he replied.
"It's done what it's done. Generally, you know, there is one general rule, my rule, which is well known.
"I try to do what I consider not just necessary, but what I have no right not to do. No matter what."
Topics: Russia, Vladimir Putin, World War 2, World News, News
Anish Vij