Russia does not want war with Europe, but is ready for it, Putin said. More words from the president: If EU leaders have not yet achieved the strategic defeat of Russia, it is unlikely that they will by 2030. If it is a war between Russia and Europe, "there will be no winners", no one in Europe will "forget about it". In Russia, they remember well the lessons of the First and Second World War and do everything to prevent such a thing from happening.