This rigid territorial stance accompanies widening strategic friction across Europe, where intelligence reports and diplomatic statements indicate that the conflict’s economic and industrial footprint continues to expand far beyond the immediate front lines. In less than two weeks in September, the Kremlin repeated the same reassurance at least four times, starting on September 14 when Vladimir Putin declared that Russia does not threaten European countries and has no intention of doing so, while specifying immediately afterward that sending European troops to Ukraine would mean war with Russia.
The Russian government declared that it is prepared to continue its military campaign over any remaining portion of the Donetsk region. È la Federazione Russa.
Non c’è nulla da discutere al riguardo
. President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia prefers a peaceful resolution ma finché ciò sarà impossibile, combatteremo e combatteremo con determinazione.
E coloro che ritengono possibile nutrire piani per sferrare un colpo devastante contro la Russia ne pagheranno il prezzo, proprio come ora l’Ucraina
. On September 16 in Yekaterinburg, Sergei Lavrov assured that Moscow has no interest in attacking Europe, but that if Europe were to attack, the war would be very short, and on September 18 before the military-industrial commission, Putin denied any aggressive intent in the same speech in which he pointed to the strengthening of the nuclear triad as the absolute priority of the new state armaments program, while previously in November 2025 in Bishkek, Putin stated he was ready to guarantee in writing that Russia will not attack Europe, echoing the written commitment Moscow had already signed in 1994 with the Budapest Memorandum to respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity.
Moscow Warns European Defense Plants Are Potential Military Targets
Parallel to the fighting in Donetsk, Moscow has widened its warnings to industrial facilities supplying Kyiv’s forces outside of Ukraine. As reported by Milano Finanza, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated during a press briefing that European defense manufacturing plants are potenziali obiettivi militari per la Russia
and cannot be considered safe simply because they are located outside Ukrainian borders. Zakharova asserted that i Paesi europei sono direttamente coinvolti nel conflitto ucraino. Non si limitano a fornire aiuti; attraverso l’apertura di stabilimenti di produzione di armi e la creazione di joint venture, sono pienamente coinvolti
. Poland is among the most exposed countries, as according to the Warsaw foreign ministry’s report on 2025 military exports, intra-EU arms exports and transfers reached 2.48 billion euros, down from the record 3.14 billion in 2024, with Ukraine accounting for approximately 67 percent of export value followed by the Philippines and the United States, while on the American front the Pentagon committed 99.8 percent of the 400 million dollars in military aid to Ukraine approved by Congress just ahead of the US fiscal year deadline.
Kremlin Rejects Cease-Fire Proposals Amid Rising Missile Production
The ongoing cross-border drone and missile strikes launched by Kyiv against Russian refineries, fuel depots, and logistics hubs have created internal domestic disruptions, leading to fuel shortages and economic pressures. In response, the Kremlin has rejected cease-fire proposals while continuing conventional bombardments and signaling potential nuclear doctrine reviews or exercises. Meanwhile, intelligence assessments cited by Linkiesta indicate that Russian production capabilities have reached over two hundred cruise and ballistic missiles per month, underpinning a broader strategy of sustained military escalation reflecting the Russian concept of escalation to achieve de-escalation, alongside the continued sending of nuclear signals through potential military doctrine revisions like the one in April 2024 or exercises involving launch systems capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
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