Vladimir Putin has reiterated that Russia is not planning to attack a NATO country. At the same time, he issued a clear warning: If the West delivered F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, they would become a target for its armed forces.
The start of the Ukraine War in February 2022 triggered the most serious crisis in Russia's relations with the West since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. According to Putin, neither Poland nor the Baltic states nor the Czech Republic need to fear an attack. The idea that Russia will “attack any other country” is “complete nonsense,” Putin said.