Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that his country will not go to war with Europe, but warned that if the Old Continent provokes, his nation is ready 'right now' to face it. 'I have said this hundreds of times,' he asserted. Additionally, he accused Europeans of living 'in the illusion' that they can deal Russia a 'strategic defeat,' while insisting that the Russian army has already taken the stronghold of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, its biggest victory in over three years of war, which Kiev denies. 'We are not going to war with Europe, I have said it a hundred times,' he emphasized. Russian President Vladimir Putin received on Tuesday at the Kremlin the special envoy of the White House, Steve Witkoff, to address the terms of the peace plan for Ukraine presented by the United States. According to TASS agency, the Russian leader met with the American emissary and Jared Kushner, advisor and son-in-law of US President Donald Trump. 'Inadmissible' demands for Moscow Putin denounced that European countries, mainly referring to France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, include in the aforementioned plan 'inadmissible' demands for Moscow with the sole purpose of 'blocking the entire peace process'. 'They present demands that are absolutely inadmissible for Russia. We see this clearly,' he said. Putin denies attacking Europe Putin also again denied that Russia intends to attack any European country, although he added that 'if Europe suddenly wants to fight and does so, we are ready right now. There should be no doubt about this'. 'We have no intention of attacking Europe. They cannot admit it to themselves,' continued the head of state. 'That is their objective.' 'They confused what they desired with what is real.'
