He said this at a concert in honor of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad.
“Those who draw Germany into a new war with Russia, and all the more irresponsibly declare this as a fait accompli, those who expect to defeat Russia on the battlefield, apparently do not understand that a modern war with Russia will be for them quite different,” the Russian leader said.
Also, Putin, speaking about the plans of the West to put Leopard 2 tanks in Ukraine, called it incredible that Russia is again threatened by German tanks with a cross on board.
In addition, the Russian president said that the ideology of Nazism in its modern guise poses a threat to Russia's security.
Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin said earlier that Russia does not want war to the last Ukrainian.