Breitbart.com reports: “Russia would totally eliminate European opponents and be left with ‘nobody to negotiate with’ if war came, Putin said in belligerent remarks, while simultaneously emphasising his position that Russia is in fact peaceful and wants no conflict.

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin threw out fresh remarks shortly before entering a high-level negotiation with the United State’s Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Tuesday evening, targeting Europe and blaming the continent’s NATO members for slowing the peace process.

Claiming for Russia a somewhat dovish disposition and insisting that should any future conflict come, it would be Europe’s fault and not Moscow’s, President Putin nevertheless said Russia is ready for war and capable of totally dominating Europe. ’We are not going to fight Europe. I have said this a hundred times’, he said, adding ‘but if Europe wants to start a war, Russia is ready right now’…”