Moscow doesn’t need the arena slipping into a world struggle, the Russian chief mentioned
Russia has negative goal of attacking NATO member states and can retaliate provided that attacked first, President Vladimir Putin advised American journalist Tucker Carlson in an interview aired on Thursday.
Western nations are “trying to intimidate their own population with an imaginary Russian threat,” Putin mentioned. He added that “smart people understand perfectly well that that is false.”
Carlson requested the president if he can “imagine a scenario where you send Russian troops to Poland.”
Putin responded: “Only in one case: if there will be an attack on Russia from Poland. Why? Because we have no interests in Poland, Latvia or any other [NATO member].”
Requested if he has “territorial aims across the continent,” Putin mentioned that “it is absolutely out of the question.”
“You don’t need to be an analyst to understand that getting involved in a global war goes against common sense. A global war would bring all of humanity to the brink of destruction,” the president stressed out.
Putin additional argued that the Western govt are the usage of “scare tactics” to persuade their taxpayers to serve extra money to “weaken Russia” in Ukraine and in different places.
Moscow has again and again cited NATO’s proceeding enlargement eastward and its aid for Kiev as one of the crucial root reasons of the tide warfare in Ukraine. Russian officers have additionally warned that the supply of guns and alternative army apparatus to Ukraine handiest results in additional escalation.
