Vows if peace talks fail, “Russia will achieve liberation of its historical lands by military means.”

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that European leaders have continued stoking and hyping fears that Russia seeks expansion and that it is prepared even to go to war with EU and NATO countries. He went so far as to call EU officials “European swine” for their role in fueling the proxy war.

He again emphasized that Moscow is in no way seeking war with Europe. “I have repeatedly stated: this is a lie, nonsense, pure nonsense about some imaginary Russian threat to European countries. But this is being done quite deliberately,”

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