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Ukraine, the Kremlin: "NATO is effectively at war with Russia." Crosetto: "If they attacked us, we wouldn't be ready."

Monday, September 15

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September 15, 2025, 2:50 PM

Crosetto:"We are not prepared for an attack."

"We are not ready for a Russian attack or an attack from another nation; I've been saying this for a long time. We aren't ready because we haven't invested more in defense in the last twenty years, and so we can't make up for those twenty years in a year or two. People don't want to hear about the need for defense, but I think my job is to put this country in a position to defend itself if some madman decides to attack us: I'm not talking about Putin, I'm talking about anyone." Defense Minister Guido Crosetto stated this on the sidelines of an event in Rome.

  • "Russia's holding of so-called 'elections' in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories is illegal and their results are null and void. No individual claiming to have been 'elected' through this farce will have any legal basis to perform official duties," the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday's elections in several occupied regions, including Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. “We once again confirm that all persons involved in the organization and conduct of any ‘elections’ in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories will be held accountable under applicable Ukrainian law and international legal proceedings, and will also be subject to existing and future sanctions regimes in Ukrainian and foreign jurisdictions,” the ministry added.
  • The Moscow Defense Ministry says that Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers flew for “about four hours” over the Barents Sea, the part of the Arctic Ocean located north of Norway and Russia, as part of the joint Russian-Belarusian Zapad 2025 exercises. “The crews of Tu-22M3 long-range supersonic strategic bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out training and combat missions over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea as part of the joint strategic Zapad 2025 exercises. The flight"It lasted about four hours," the Russian ministry said, adding that the flights"are being carried out in strict compliance with international rules for the use of airspace."
  • "We are monitoring the joint strategic military exercise" Zapad-2025 between Russia and Belarus – with the participation of an Indian contingent – and "we continue to call on Russia and Belarus to fully comply with the 2011 OSCE Vienna Document, which provides for prior notification of military activity." This was stated by EU foreign policy spokesperson Anitta Hipper during the press briefing."We remain actively engaged in preparing for any potential security threat related to Zapad 2025," he added.
    • 2:50 PM

    Crosetto:"We are not prepared for an attack"

    "We are not ready for a Russian attack or an attack from another nation; I've been saying this for a long time. We are not ready because we haven't invested more in defense in the last twenty years, and so twenty years can't be recovered in a year or two. People don't want to hear about the need for defense, but I think my job is to put this country in a position to defend itself if some madman decides to attack us: I'm not talking about Putin, I'm talking about anyone." Defense Minister Guido Crosetto stated this on the sidelines of an event in Rome.

  • "Russia remains interested and ready to resolve the Ukrainian crisis through political and diplomatic means." But "Kiev is artificially slowing down the process," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said."No one wants to delve into the essence of the conflict. The Europeans are interfering in the matter; they don't want to pay attention to the root causes of this crisis, thus paving the way for discussions on how to resolve them," he added.
  • The Russian ambassador to London was summoned to the Foreign Office today at the request of Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper to protest "the unprecedented, significant violation of Polish and NATO airspace" and the "subsequent incursion into Romania" by Russian armed forces drones. Cooper announced this in a statement, expressing"unreserved condemnation of these reckless actions." "Russia must end the illegal war in Ukraine," he concludes.
  • "There has still been no progress" on organizing the summit between Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump, and Vladimir Putin. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated this in a statement to the media.
    • 12:31 PM

    Peskov:"NATO is de facto at war with Russia"

    Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, declared that"NATO is de facto involved" in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict due to Western countries' support for Ukraine."NATO is at war with Russia. This is obvious and requires no further proof," he said.

  • Overnight, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with three S-300 surface-to-air missiles and 84 drones in the north, south, and east of the country. The Kiev Air Force reported, explaining that air defenses shot down 59 aircraft. The attacks were recorded in 13 locations.

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