12:57 18-11-2025

Europe’s War Talk, Trump’s Impact and Sladkov’s Warning

By Andrew Kuznetsov from Moscow, Russia - Explosion, CC BY 2.0, Link

Alexander Sladkov says Europe increasingly talks of war with Russia, links the trend to Donald Trump, and cites Dmitry Peskov’s response to Boris Pistorius.

War correspondent Alexander Sladkov notes that talk in Europe about an impending war with Russia has grown markedly in recent weeks.

In his view, U. S. President Donald Trump has pushed European countries into a position where they can no longer develop independently. He argues that Europe needs resources and may try to take them from Russia. In his Telegram channel, Sladkov wrote that, rather than allowing a «SVO-2» scenario to unfold, an immediate nuclear strike should be considered in line with the Concept-phrasing he presented as a directive approach.

Separately, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov earlier reacted to remarks by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius suggesting a NATO-Russia war could break out within the next four years. Peskov said such militarist rhetoric is being heard more frequently across Europe.