Khaberni - Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a sharp attack on Europe in his remarks today, Tuesday, announcing his country's readiness to wage war against it, accusing it of seeking to sabotage a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine, and working towards inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia.
Just before anticipated talks with the American envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, Putin said in his responses to journalists in Moscow, "If Europe suddenly wants to start a war with us and starts it, a situation might quickly arise where we have no one to negotiate with."
The Russian president affirmed, "We do not intend to go to war with Europe, I have already said this 100 times. But if Europe suddenly wants to go to war with us and starts it, we are currently ready. There can be no doubt about this."
And Putin emphasized that Europe "stands by the war, and has no peace agenda," pointing out that European countries offer unacceptable proposals to Russia regarding the peaceful settlement in Ukraine.
He said, "The countries of Europe have no peace agenda, they are on the side of war. Even when they try to claim to introduce some amendments to American President Donald Trump's proposals, we see clearly, all these amendments are aimed only at one thing, which is to thwart the entire peace process."
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Putin confirmed that Europe is obstructing the current U.S. administration and President Trump from achieving a peaceful settlement in Ukraine, noting that European countries have excluded themselves from this peaceful settlement process.
He explained, "They also dislike the results of what is happening today, and they began to obstruct the current administration of the United States and President Trump from achieving peace in Ukraine through negotiations. They themselves refused peaceful negotiations, and now they are obstructing President Trump."
Putin indicated that the European countries want by this method to later blame Russia for obstructing the peace process in Ukraine.
He continued, "This is their goal, and we see it clearly, so if they really want to return to reality, based on the situation that is evolving on the ground, as they say in such cases, so be it, we allow it."
The Russian president also pointed out that no one excluded European countries from negotiations about Ukraine, saying, "They resent being allegedly excluded from negotiations about Ukraine. But I want to point out that no one excluded them, they excluded themselves."
Putin considered that Europe "continues to live in illusions about inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia, and cutting off relations with Russia sharply on their own initiative."
Putin asked, "Why did they do that?" and he responded, "Because they adopted the idea of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia and they are still living, apparently, in these illusions, despite realizing, intellectually, that this was already in the past, and that it was not possible."
He concluded his statements by saying, "They have confused desire with reality in their time, but they are unable and unwilling to acknowledge this to themselves."
