NATO on Thursday responded to President Vladimir Putin's threat that Russia is "ready for war" with Europe, as reported by The Independent.

NATO Secretary Gen. Mark Rutte warned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that the alliance was “ready and willing” to take on Moscow if it attacks — with the European Union moving forward with a risky plan to use $105 billion in frozen Kremlin assets to fund Ukraine.

The Russian leader's remarks come as tensions remain high with NATO countries amid the ongoing Ukraine war.

Nato hits back at Putin’s threat of war in Europe as UK condemns ‘Kremlin claptrap’ - Rhetoric between Russia and Europe has ramped up after talks between Donald Trump’s envoy and Vladimir Putin faile

Almost all of NATO's foreign ministers gathered in Brussels Wednesday, a day after inconclusive Ukraine peace talks between the U.S. and President Vladimir Putin, and as European officials struggled f

NATO’s secretary general referenced the recent explosion on a Polish train route used by allies for delivering weapons to Ukraine.

European officials, who were not included in the talks, said at a NATO meeting in Brussels that Russia appears to be inflexible in the negotiations.

NATO’s unity was shaken on camera after chief Mark Rutte admitted the alliance still lacks the unanimity needed to bring Ukraine into the bloc — just as Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner head to Moscow for sensitive peace talks with Vladimir Putin.

Dressed head to toe in army fatigues, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday received the news he had been awaiting for more than a year: Russia had taken over the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk.