Amid mounting tensions between Europe, NATO and Russia, the Kremlin has accused the pair of waging war.
Having recently made an alarming threat against the allies should any of its jets be shot down by NATO, Russia and the West are reaching a boiling point.
This comes weeks after Russia was accused of violating the airspace of NATO countries, specifically Estonia and Poland.
Last week, three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets are said to have crossed into Estonia's airspace for around 12 minutes, with Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna calling it 'unprecedentedly brazen'.
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He said: “Russia has violated Estonian airspace four times already this year, which is unacceptable in itself, but today’s violation, during which three fighter jets entered our airspace, is unprecedentedly brazen.
“Russia’s ever-increasing testing of borders and aggressiveness must be responded to by rapidly strengthening political and economic pressure.”
Russia has since denied the violation, stating the jets were in Baltic waters and not Estonia’s airspace.
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But problems have continued to occur.
Days ago, Putin ally, Vladimir Solovyov, suggested dropping two nuclear bombs on Oxford and Cambridge in the UK to send a message that the nation is not playing around when it comes to their willingness to win a nuclear war.
He previously said 'the use of nuclear weapons, in extreme cases, in the most dreadful case, is a terrible sin', adding: "But not using them and condemning your people and the world to a major war is an even greater sin. That is an even more terrible sin."
If you thought that was the last we’ve heard from Russia, think again, as they’ve now alleged Europe and NATO have ‘declared war’.
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One of Moscow’s most powerful politicians - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov- made the comment at a G20 meeting yesterday (September 25), adding that if the UN charter is not put into action, then to expect retaliatory ‘regional conflicts’ and ‘global instability’.
He said: “[They] have already declared a real war on my country.”
The charter in question is one that says the UN members must work to end ‘the scourge of war’.
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He said: “A clear example is the crisis in Ukraine, provoked by the collective West, through whose hands Nato and the EU want to declare, have already declared, a real war on my country and are directly participating in it.”
The news comes after President Donald Trump appeared to make a U-turn on his stance, after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and visiting the UN General Assembly in New York on September 23.
He said: “Putin and Russia are in BIG Economic trouble, and this is the time for Ukraine to act."
Trump wrote of the country in his defence of Ukraine: "With time, patience, and the financial support of Europe and, in particular, NATO, the original Borders from where this war started, is very much an option.
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"Why not? Russia has been fighting aimlessly for three and a half years, a War that should have taken a Real Military Power less than a week to win. This does not distinguish Russia. In fact, it is very much making them look like a paper tiger."
Topics: Europe, Russia, US News, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
Britt Jones