We have stated repeatedly that we have no intention of attacking Europe.
The President recently addressed this topic in detail again, emphasizing that we have no interest in doing so.
However, if Europe, which speaks daily of preparing for war against Russia, were to attack Russia, it would be a completely different kind of war, and a very short one.
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При этом министр предупредил: если Европа, которая постоянно заявляет о подготовке к войне против РФ, все же нападет на Россию, «это будет уже совсем другая война, и она будет очень короткая».
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that if Europe attacks Russia, the resulting war would be “completely different” and “very short.”
ΔιαγραφήSpeaking at the International Youth Festival in the city of Yekaterinburg, Lavrov said Russian officials had repeatedly stated that Moscow had no intention of attacking Europe and “no interest in doing so.”
“Russia has repeatedly said that we are not going to attack Western countries and have no interest in doing so. But if Europe, which speaks regularly about preparing for war against Russia, attacks the Russian Federation, then this will be a completely different war, and it will be very short,” he stressed.
Lavrov noted that confrontation was not Russia’s method, a position that had been repeatedly stated by the Russian leadership, including President Vladimir Putin personally.
“The West made a choice long ago in favor of containing Russia,” he said, citing what he described as NATO’s “forceful” expansion toward Russia’s borders.
The minister also criticized statements by European leaders about the need to prepare for a war with Russia, saying the issue had become a major theme among current European political leaders in Brussels.
El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Rusia, Serguéi Lavrov, reiteró este miércoles que Moscú ha declarado en numerosas ocasiones que no tiene ningún interés en atacar a los países occidentales, sin embargo, si Europa llegara a atacar a Rusia, sería "una guerra muy corta".
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήEn esta línea, el canciller recordó que tanto el presidente ruso, Vladímir Putin, como otros altos funcionarios del país habían indicado en varias ocasiones que la confrontación no es el método Rusia. No obstante, "Occidente optó hace tiempo por contener a Rusia, algo que hemos dicho más de una vez", señaló Lavrov. "Entre otras cosas, mediante el avance enérgico y agresivo de la OTAN hacia las fronteras rusas", indicó.