If Europe wants to wage war, then Moscow is “ready now," Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.

Speaking at an investment forum in Moscow, Putin blamed the Europeans for not having a “peaceful agenda" and said Europe is “on the side of war”, referring to Western support of Ukraine.

“If Europe decides to go to war with Russia and actually starts a war, a situation could very quickly come where Moscow simply has no one to negotiate with,” the Russian president added.

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European governments "live under illusions" of imposing a strategic defeat on Russia, according to Putin.

Putin also said that the European demands regarding putting an end to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine are “not acceptable” to Moscow.

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