I Don't Want War with NATO, Putin Declares

Moscow has no interest in sparking a war with NATO nations, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, after US President Joe Biden warned the Kremlin could move against the alliance if Western aid for Ukraine faltered, Ellie Cook reported for Newsweek.

Suggestions that Russia would mount an attack on a NATO nation are "complete nonsense," Putin told Russian state media in an interview published on Sunday. I Photo: President of Russia

Suggestions that Russia would mount an attack on a NATO nation are "complete nonsense," Putin told Russian state media in an interview published on Sunday.

Earlier this month, Biden told US lawmakers that "If Putin takes Ukraine, he won't stop there."

He added: "If Putin attacks a NATO ally—if he keeps going and then he attacks a NATO ally—well, we've committed as a NATO member that we'd defend every inch of NATO territory."

The result would be a scenario "We don't seek and that we don't have today," Biden added. Under Article 5 of NATO's treaty, an armed attack on any of the alliance's member-states is deemed an assault on all.

Countries like the US have been cautious with military backing for Kyiv, providing aid of various types, but keen to reiterate that NATO nations are not directly involved in the war.

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