""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.""
""Our response needs to go beyond simply strengthening our armed forces. It needs a whole of nation response that builds our defence industrial capacity, grows the skills we need, harnesses the power of the institutions we will need in wartime and ensures and increases the resilience of society and the infrastructure that supports it.""
European and UK military leaders warn that Russia could attack within the next five years and urge comprehensive national preparedness that goes beyond armed forces expansion. The British defence chief describes the situation as the most dangerous in his career and calls for building defence industrial capacity, wartime institutions, workforce skills, and societal and infrastructure resilience. Russian President Vladimir Putin calls the Western concern hysteria, describes threat claims as deliberate, and says Russia has sought diplomatic resolution where possible. Putin offers fair, mutually beneficial cooperation with the United States and Western Europe and proposes a single shared Eurasian security system.
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