Russian President Vladimir Putin is engaged in "propaganda" in saying Moscow will down any Western-supplied F-16s used in Ukraine, even at NATO air bases, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Thursday.
"It looks like a lot of propaganda: Russia made a bad impression with the (Moscow ISIS) attack, it seemed odd to me that the (intelligence) services did not stop it," said Tajani, who is also deputy premier, on Rai1 on Putin's apparent threat to target NATO bases.
"Now he's trying to distract attention. I don't think that Putin wants world war, also because he would not win it." The West is considering supplying Kyiv with F-16s and they may arrive by the start of the summer.
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