[Dateline: Moscow, December 17, 2023] Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed US President Joe Biden’s statement that the Kremlin will not stop with its invasion of Ukraine, saying Russia has no intention of attacking a NATO nation. “Russia has no reason, no interest — no geopolitical interest, neither economic, political nor military — to fight with NATO countries,” Putin said according to Politico.
[The Financial Times, November 14, 2021]: “The US briefed allies last week about intelligence indicating that Moscow was preparing for a possible invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s president has dismissed the fears as ‘alarmist’ and accused NATO of inflaming tensions in the region with its own unplanned exercises.”