Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov:

We have no intention of fighting Europe — this is nonsense and absurd.

It is Europe that is preparing for war with us. Every day they confirm that, by 2030 at the latest, we Europeans must be ready for war.

This, you know, could become a self-fulfilling prophecy, because they are now investing huge amounts of money in weapons production.

Putin said: if they attack us, we won't hold back. And he added — it will be a completely different war, and it will be short.