Vladimir Putin has issued a blunt response to the prospect of global conflict as the UK makes preparations for a third world war.
He branded calls for the West to prepare for war with Russia are “hysteria” and added that he wants “mutual cooperation” with the US and Europe.
The Russian despot's comments come as the head of the armed forces in Britain urges the population to get "ready to fight."
Speaking in Moscow, Putin said: "There’s a level of hysteria in [Western] Europe right now. I’ve said this many times: it’s nonsense. Complete nonsense.
"All this talk about some imaginary Russian threat to [Western] European countries.
"And it’s not accidental. It’s being pushed deliberately. The reality is that Russia, even in the toughest situations, has always tried – as long as there was even the smallest chance – to resolve disputes and conflicts through diplomacy.
"The responsibility for those chances being wasted lies entirely with those who convinced themselves they could deal with Russia through force.
"And even today, we support building fair, mutually beneficial cooperation with the United States and [Western] European countries, and creating a single, shared security system across the whole of Eurasia."
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