Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reiterated on Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin recently did, that if Europeans want war, Russia is ready. "On the other side, there is a militaristic frenzy of holding a presidential election in the country under martial law." According to the Deputy Head of Russia's Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian army has recruited another 430,000 soldiers so far in 2025. European countries accuse Russia and its main ally, Belarus, of resorting to hybrid warfare instruments, from drones to balloons, to provoke instability on the continent. Photo EFE. The entry Lavrov insists that Russia is ready for war if the Europeans so desire was first published in La Verdad Panamá.
