Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned against the deployment of troops from European NATO allies to Ukraine and the seizing of frozen Russian assets, both ideas under discussion among Western partners of Kyiv.

Lavrov said Russian President Vladimir Putin had already stressed that "we are not going to wage war with Europe. We don’t even have such thoughts. But we will respond to any hostile steps, including the deployment of European military contingents in Ukraine and the expropriation of Russian assets. And we are already prepared for this response,” state media reported.

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