MBABANE:President Vladimir Putin warned European powers on Tuesday that in the event “they consider starting a war with Russia then Moscow is ready to fight” adding that the defeat of European powers would be so absolute that there would be no one left to even negotiate a peace deal, Reuters reported this week.
It has been reported that, Ukraine and European powers have repeatedly warned that if Putin wins the Ukraine war, then he could attack a NATO member, a claim which Putin has repeatedly dismissed as nonsense.
But when asked by a reporter about remarks in the Russian media that Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto had cautioned that Europe was preparing a war against Russia, Putin said that Russia did not want a war with Europe but ready for it should Europe decide to start a war.
”If Europe suddenly wants to start a war with us and starts it, then it would end so swiftly for Europe that Russia would have no one left to negotiate with,” said the Russian President.
Russian President Vladimir Putin(pic: via The Guardian).