VOLGOGRAD, February 2. /TASS/. Russia is not sending tanks to the borders of Western countries but has more than just armored vehicles to respond to threats, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday at an event dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad.

"Those who are dragging European countries, including Germany, into another war against Russia, making especially irresponsible statements about it being a foregone conclusion, and seeking to defeat Russia on the battlefield, apparently, don’t understand that a modern war against Russia will be completely different for them. We aren’t sending tanks to their borders but we have something to respond with, and it won’t be just about using armored vehicles," the head of state noted.

Putin emphasized that "everyone needs to understand this." "Those who threaten us seem to fail to understand the simple truth that our entire nation, all of us, were brought up and absorbed our people’s traditions with our mothers’ milk. There was the generation of victors who gave their blood, sweat and tears to create the country that we inherited from them," he noted.