Russian President Vladimir Putin has described as “total nonsense” statements in the West that Russia, after Ukraine, is preparing to attack Europe, in a meeting with military pilots in the Tver region, north of Moscow. . “What they say about us going to attack Europe after Ukraine It is total nonsense, it is an intimidation of its populationto get money from him,” said the head of the Kremlin, quoted this Thursday by Russian agencies.

Putin has claimed that “US satellites fear a big and strong Russia,” but he has claimed that they have no reason to do so. “We have no aggressive intention in relation to those countries“, he stressed. He reiterated that it is “total nonsense” to talk about the possibility of “an attack on other countries, on Poland, on the Baltic countries.” The president added that they also “scare the Czechs”, to summarize that statements about the Russian threat are “simple delusions.”

Putin has recalled that in 2022 The military spending of the US, the leader of NATO, was 811 billion dollars, while that of Russia was 72,000 million. “Are we going to fight with NATO with that correlation? It’s nonsense,” she said. At the same time, he has warned that the F-16 fighters to be supplied to Ukraine will be considered “legitimate targets” regardless of where they operate from.

Putin thus responded to a pilot’s question about whether the Russian Air Force will destroy F-16s at NATO airfields if they are used from there by Ukraine. It is not the only issue that both the Russian president and his government have been involved in this Thursday. From the Kremlin They claim to have arrested another possible suspect in the attacks that took place last Friday at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow.

Likewise, they insist on having “confirmed data” that its authors are related to Ukrainian ultranationalists. However, the terrorist group Islamic State has once again claimed responsibility for the attack through the social network Telegram.