President Putin: With the West, Russia maintains the classic principle of 'preparing for war'

At the request of the host of the program “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” on the Russia-1 TV channel, Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the recommendation of the US Congressional Strategic Posture Commission on preparing for a simultaneous war with both Russia and China, including considering the option of nuclear confrontation.

“If we were talking about a war between nuclear powers, it would be a completely different story. I don’t think that a sane person would think like that. But if they do, it only makes us wary,” Putin commented.

On October 12, a report by the Strategic Posture Commission in the US Congress said that Washington should prepare for the possibility of simultaneous wars with Russia and China by expanding conventional forces, strengthening alliances and intensifying the nuclear weapons modernization program.

According to President Putin, in relations with the West, Russia always maintains the famous classical principle of "preparing for war", but Moscow always desires peace.

“I don’t think that this is a healthy way of thinking for normal people. Because if we say that the United States is preparing for war with Russia… We are all preparing for war, because we follow the well-known classical principle: if you want peace, prepare for war. But we go to war from the fact that we want peace,” Putin said.

Furthermore, President Putin assessed that it was "nonsense" to announce plans to prepare for war at the same time as Russia and China. "I don't think this is a serious issue, I think they are just threatening each other," Mr. Putin said.

The Russian leader also drew attention to the fact that, if a hot conflict occurs between the West and Russia, it will not be limited to the framework of a special military operation, but it will be “a completely different war.”

“Look at the Middle East, are there any special military operations there? Is there really a comparison?” – President Putin said./.