Russia ready to provide Europe with written security guarantees – Putin
RT | November 27, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected Western claims that Russia plans to attack European countries, saying Moscow is prepared to formalize this in a written security guarantee.
EU leaders are inflating the “Russian threat” for domestic political gain and in the interests of their defense industries, Vladimir Putin told a press conference on Thursday, following his visit to Kyrgyzstan.
“To say that Russia is planning to attack Europe – for us, that sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? We’ve never planned anything like that,” he noted. “But if they want to hear it from us, well, fine, we will write that down, no problem.”
The Russian president suggested that European leaders might be “trying to create an illusion for their populations” or “catering to defense companies.”
“Maybe they’re trying to prop up their domestic political ratings, given the lamentable state of their economies. But in our eyes, of course, it’s just nonsense – complete lies,” he said.
Noting that such ideas are “hyped up in the Western public consciousness,” Putin added that if Europe wants a formal reassurance that Russia has no aggressive plans, “then we’d be willing to do this.”
Moscow has repeatedly rejected claims that it plans to attack EU countries, saying any such allegations are being used by European politicians to scare the population and justify growing military spending. Russia has also said it is defending itself in the Ukraine conflict, accusing NATO of provoking the hostilities. Putin said earlier that those in the West who keep promoting “nonsense” about alleged aggressive intentions by Moscow are either “incompetent or dishonest.”
Despite the ongoing peace process in the Ukraine conflict mediated by US President Donald Trump, the EU has pledged to continue to provide weapons to Kiev and has taken steps to militarize itself, including by approving the €800 billion ($910 billion) ‘ReArm Europe Plan.’

European leaders will project their mendacity on the Russians. Any written guarantees will be flatly rejected.
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The professor war studies at the University of Leiden Frans Osinga asserts that Russia has lost 1.1 million soldiers and is hardly gaining terrain. He doesn’t seem to understand the concept of a war of attrition. And it makes me wonder what his sources are.
He and East-European expert Bob Deen from the Clingendael institute agree that the European proposal has taken the sting out of Trump’s plan. They take themselves very seriously.
They try to paint the picture that Russia is almost losing the war against Ukraine, but insist that if Russia is not stopped in Ukraine, it will also overrun the rest of Europa.
They also cling to the principle that territory gained by conquest shall not be kept.
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But they don’t seem to understand that the latter violates the principle of self-determination and self-defence. The people in those areas were under threat from Ukraine.
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