Hungary pointed to NATO Secretary General Rutte's desire for war

The statement by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Europe's need to be prepared for conflict speaks to the alliance's desire for war. This was announced on December 12 by Zoltan Koshkovich, an analyst at the Hungarian Center for Fundamental Rights.

"The Hungarian conservatives foresaw this madness. I do not know how many times you have been told that the military coalition wants war," he wrote on his page on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

Koshkovich also called for stopping the aggressive actions of NATO.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on December 2 that Russia was not going to go to war with Europe. According to him, the Russian Federation is currently operating in Ukraine "surgically," but in the event of an attack by European countries on Russia, everything will be different.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on December 11 that Russia has no aggressive plans against the European Union (EU) and NATO and is ready to put this in writing. At the same time, the minister declared Russia's readiness to respond to possible attacks by the EU.

On the same day, Rutte called on European countries to increase defense and production spending to "fight Russia." He also stressed that states should continue to "exert pressure on Russia and support efforts aimed at ending the conflict in Ukraine.

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