{"id":3222649,"date":"2025-12-02T18:04:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/?p=3222649"},"modified":"2025-12-02T19:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:25:15","slug":"putin-warns-russia-ready-if-europe-suddenly-wants-to-wage-war-with-us-amid-ukraine-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/02\/putin-warns-russia-ready-if-europe-suddenly-wants-to-wage-war-with-us-amid-ukraine-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin warns Russia &#039;ready&#039; if Europe &#039;suddenly wants to wage war with us&#039; amid Ukraine talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/personalities\/vladimir-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> ratcheted up tensions with Europe on Tuesday, warning that if the bloc sparked a war with Russia, Moscow was prepared to meet it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Putin also blasted European leaders, accusing them of sabotaging U.S.-led efforts to end the nearly four-year-old war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But if Europe suddenly wants to wage a war with us and starts it, we are ready right away. There can be no doubt about that,&#8221; Putin said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-envoy-witkoff-zelenskyy-ireland-91d8a82058a80521f0f9491105fba8e1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Associated Press.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Putin was responding to a question about Russian media reports that Hungary\u2019s foreign minister warned Europe was preparing for war with Russia. Putin insisted, as he has for years, that Moscow does not seek a war with European nations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-europe-take-lot-burden-providing-security-guarantees-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP: EUROPE WILL \u2018TAKE A LOT OF THE BURDEN\u2019 IN PROVIDING SECURITY GUARANTEES FOR UKRAINE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/343\/192\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/686\/384\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" 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https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1440\/810\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20343%20192'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-.jpg\" alt=\"Vladimir Putin at a Kremlin meeting with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/picture><noscript><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/343\/192\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/686\/384\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/672\/378\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1344\/756\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/931\/523\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1862\/1046\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/720\/405\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1440\/810\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-.jpg\" alt=\"Vladimir Putin at a Kremlin meeting with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-.jpg\" alt=\"Vladimir Putin at a Kremlin meeting with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" readability=\"8.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><span>Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy Steve Witkoff and senior adviser Jared Kushner at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 2, 2025.&nbsp;<\/span> <span>(Alexander Kazakov via Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Russian president made the remarks after speaking at an investment forum and before meeting in the Kremlin with a U.S. delegation led by envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time Putin has warned Europe about meddling in the war.<\/p>\n<p>In October, Putin warned that Europe would face a &#8220;significant response&#8221; if it continued supplying military aid to Ukraine, and he made similar threats in May.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2024, Putin warned that Western military intervention against Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine could result in nuclear escalation \u2014 a statement widely interpreted as a warning to Europe and Western allies.<\/p>\n<p>Putin claimed on Tuesday that European leaders introduced &#8220;demands that are absolutely unacceptable to Russia&#8221; that effectively &#8220;blocked the entire peace process.&#8221; He accused them of doing so cynically in order to blame Moscow for rejecting peace.<\/p>\n<p>European leaders have maintained that Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is a stepping stone to a wider war with the 27-nation European Union, which has poured billions of dollars into supporting Kyiv.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/343\/192\/putin-us-delegation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/686\/384\/putin-us-delegation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/672\/378\/putin-us-delegation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1344\/756\/putin-us-delegation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/931\/523\/putin-us-delegation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1862\/1046\/putin-us-delegation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" 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https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/686\/384\/putin-us-delegation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/672\/378\/putin-us-delegation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1344\/756\/putin-us-delegation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/931\/523\/putin-us-delegation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1862\/1046\/putin-us-delegation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/720\/405\/putin-us-delegation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1440\/810\/putin-us-delegation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/putin-us-delegation.jpg\" alt=\"Vladimir Putin meets with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and U.S. officials at a long Kremlin table.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/putin-us-delegation.jpg\" alt=\"Vladimir Putin meets with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and U.S. officials at a long Kremlin table.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><span>Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy Steve Witkoff, senior adviser Jared Kushner and members of the American delegation at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 2, 2025.<\/span> <span>(Alexander Kazakov via Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-addresses-ukraine-russia-peace-talks-zelenskyy-involved\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP ADDRESSES UKRAINE-RUSSIA PEACE TALKS, SAYS ZELENSKYY WILL BE INVOLVED<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Putin said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European powers<\/a> had locked themselves out of peace talks on Ukraine because they cut off contacts with Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are on the side of war,&#8221; Putin said.<\/p>\n<p>He also suggested the conflict in Ukraine was not a full-blown war, describing Russia\u2019s actions as &#8220;surgical&#8221; \u2014 a restraint, he said, that would not apply in a direct confrontation with European powers, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/putin-says-that-if-europe-wants-war-then-russia-is-ready-2025-12-02\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Putin\u2019s comments come as Witkoff and Kushner press for peace between Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Witkoff \u2014 a central figure in negotiating the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas \u2014 joined Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/marco-rubio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marco Rubio<\/a> and Kushner in Florida to meet with Ukrainian negotiators. Rubio described the meeting as &#8220;very productive.&#8221; In a statement, Rubio said the goal is &#8220;not just the end of the war.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Russia\u2019s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned that Moscow could reject the White House\u2019s peace framework if it does not uphold the &#8220;spirit and letter&#8221; of what Trump and Putin agreed to at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/back-from-alaska-trump-starts-week-crucial-foreign-policy-talks-over-ukraine-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Alaska summit in August<\/a>. He said that if the &#8220;key understandings&#8221; were watered down, the situation would become &#8220;fundamentally different.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/343\/192\/ex-cia-chief-urges-caution-on-ukraine-breakthrough-claims-putin-likes-to-talk-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/686\/384\/ex-cia-chief-urges-caution-on-ukraine-breakthrough-claims-putin-likes-to-talk-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/672\/378\/ex-cia-chief-urges-caution-on-ukraine-breakthrough-claims-putin-likes-to-talk-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, 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data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/720\/405\/ex-cia-chief-urges-caution-on-ukraine-breakthrough-claims-putin-likes-to-talk-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1440\/810\/ex-cia-chief-urges-caution-on-ukraine-breakthrough-claims-putin-likes-to-talk-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20343%20192'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ex-cia-chief-urges-caution-on-ukraine-breakthrough-claims-putin-likes-to-talk-fox-news-003.jpg\" alt=\"Ukrainian firefighters put out a fire.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/picture><noscript><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/343\/192\/ex-cia-chief-urges-caution-on-ukraine-breakthrough-claims-putin-likes-to-talk-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/686\/384\/ex-cia-chief-urges-caution-on-ukraine-breakthrough-claims-putin-likes-to-talk-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/672\/378\/ex-cia-chief-urges-caution-on-ukraine-breakthrough-claims-putin-likes-to-talk-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1344\/756\/ex-cia-chief-urges-caution-on-ukraine-breakthrough-claims-putin-likes-to-talk-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/931\/523\/ex-cia-chief-urges-caution-on-ukraine-breakthrough-claims-putin-likes-to-talk-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1862\/1046\/ex-cia-chief-urges-caution-on-ukraine-breakthrough-claims-putin-likes-to-talk-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/720\/405\/ex-cia-chief-urges-caution-on-ukraine-breakthrough-claims-putin-likes-to-talk-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1440\/810\/ex-cia-chief-urges-caution-on-ukraine-breakthrough-claims-putin-likes-to-talk-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ex-cia-chief-urges-caution-on-ukraine-breakthrough-claims-putin-likes-to-talk-fox-news-003.jpg\" alt=\"Ukrainian firefighters put out a fire.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ex-cia-chief-urges-caution-on-ukraine-breakthrough-claims-putin-likes-to-talk-fox-news-003.jpg\" alt=\"Ukrainian firefighters put out a fire.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" readability=\"8.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><span>Firefighters put out a fire after a Russian missile hit a multi-story residential building in Vyshgorod, outside of Kyiv, Ukraine, early on Nov. 30, 2025.<\/span> <span>(AP Photo\/Efrem Lukatsky)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite Lavrov\u2019s comments, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/personalities\/vladimir-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Putin showed interest<\/a> in Trump\u2019s effort to end the war, calling the drafted plan a starting point.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to sit down and discuss this seriously,&#8221; Putin told reporters, according to the AP.<\/p>\n<p>He characterized Trump\u2019s plan as &#8220;a set of issues put forward for discussion,&#8221; rather than a draft agreement.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News\u2019&nbsp;Andrea Margolis, Sarah Tobianski, Kyle Schmidbauer and Ashley Carnahan as well as The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\" readability=\"9\">\n<p>Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.<\/p>\n<p>You can send tips to michael.dorgan@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @M_Dorgan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!<br \/>\n Russian President Vladimir Putin ratcheted up tensions with Europe on Tuesday, warning that if the bloc sparked a war with Russia, Moscow was prepared to meet it.Putin also blasted European leaders, accusing them of sabotaging U.S.-led efforts to end the nearly four-year-old war in Ukraine.&#8221;But if Europe suddenly wants to wage a war with us and starts it, we are ready right away. There can be no doubt about that,&#8221; Putin said, according to The Associated Press.Putin was responding to a question about Russian media reports that Hungary\u2019s foreign minister warned Europe was preparing for war with Russia. Putin insisted, as he has for years, that Moscow does not seek a war with European nations.TRUMP: EUROPE WILL \u2018TAKE A LOT OF THE BURDEN\u2019 IN PROVIDING SECURITY GUARANTEES FOR UKRAINE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy Steve Witkoff and senior adviser Jared Kushner at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 2, 2025.\u00a0 (Alexander Kazakov via Reuters)The Russian president made the remarks after speaking at an investment forum and before meeting in the Kremlin with a U.S. delegation led by envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner.It\u2019s not the first time Putin has warned Europe about meddling in the war.In October, Putin warned that Europe would face a &#8220;significant response&#8221; if it continued supplying military aid to Ukraine, and he made similar threats in May.In February 2024, Putin warned that Western military intervention against Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine could result in nuclear escalation \u2014 a statement widely interpreted as a warning to Europe and Western allies.Putin claimed on Tuesday that European leaders introduced &#8220;demands that are absolutely unacceptable to Russia&#8221; that effectively &#8220;blocked the entire peace process.&#8221; He accused them of doing so cynically in order to blame Moscow for rejecting peace.European leaders have maintained that Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is a stepping stone to a wider war with the 27-nation European Union, which has poured billions of dollars into supporting Kyiv. Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy Steve Witkoff, senior adviser Jared Kushner and members of the American delegation at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 2, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Reuters)TRUMP ADDRESSES UKRAINE-RUSSIA PEACE TALKS, SAYS ZELENSKYY WILL BE INVOLVEDPutin said European powers had locked themselves out of peace talks on Ukraine because they cut off contacts with Moscow.&#8221;They are on the side of war,&#8221; Putin said.He also suggested the conflict in Ukraine was not a full-blown war, describing Russia\u2019s actions as &#8220;surgical&#8221; \u2014 a restraint, he said, that would not apply in a direct confrontation with European powers, according to Reuters.\u00a0Putin\u2019s comments come as Witkoff and Kushner press for peace between Ukraine and Russia.On Sunday, Witkoff \u2014 a central figure in negotiating the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas \u2014 joined Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Kushner in Florida to meet with Ukrainian negotiators. Rubio described the meeting as &#8220;very productive.&#8221; In a statement, Rubio said the goal is &#8220;not just the end of the war.&#8221;Last week, Russia\u2019s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned that Moscow could reject the White House\u2019s peace framework if it does not uphold the &#8220;spirit and letter&#8221; of what Trump and Putin agreed to at the Alaska summit in August. He said that if the &#8220;key understandings&#8221; were watered down, the situation would become &#8220;fundamentally different.&#8221; Firefighters put out a fire after a Russian missile hit a multi-story residential building in Vyshgorod, outside of Kyiv, Ukraine, early on Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo\/Efrem Lukatsky)CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APPDespite Lavrov\u2019s comments, Putin showed interest in Trump\u2019s effort to end the war, calling the drafted plan a starting point.\u00a0&#8220;We need to sit down and discuss this seriously,&#8221; Putin told reporters, according to the AP.He characterized Trump\u2019s plan as &#8220;a set of issues put forward for discussion,&#8221; rather than a draft agreement.Fox News\u2019\u00a0Andrea Margolis, Sarah Tobianski, Kyle Schmidbauer and Ashley Carnahan as well as The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3222651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3222649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3222649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3222649"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3222649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3222655,"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3222649\/revisions\/3222655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3222651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3222649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3222649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3222649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}