JAKARTA - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed that Russia has no plans to attack Europe, but is ready to retaliate if necessary.
"We will not attack any part of Europe. We have absolutely no reason to do so," Lavrov said in an interview with the weekly news program "Itogi Nedely" on the NTV television channel, TASS reported (9/2).
"And if Europe chooses to realize its threat to prepare for war against us and start attacking Russia, the president says it will not be a special military operation on our part, but it will be a full-scale military response with all available military means in accordance with the doctrine on this issue," said Foreign Minister Lavrov.
In his year-end press conference at the end of December 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia was not at war with the West, but that the West was at war with Russia through the hands of Ukrainian nationalists.
He previously noted that Russia never wanted to fight against Europe. However, he warned that if Europe chose to wage war against Russia, there was no doubt that Russia was ready to retaliate immediately.
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