Russia says EU and NATO are preparing "provocations"

Reuters

02/10/2025

13:32 MYT

Russia says EU and NATO are preparing "provocations"

FILE PHOTO: The Kremlin is seen next to the partially frozen Moskva river in Moscow, Russia January 26, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

Russia said on Thursday that comments by European Union and NATO countries about a "Russian threat" suggested they were preparing "provocations" against Moscow.

"All their statements indicate - first, that they are preparing a chain of provocations. Second, that they need to justify their military budgets," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters.