Moscow sees signs of EU preparing for war Russia's permanent representative to the OSCE, Dmitry Polyansky, stated that Moscow is recording growing evidence of systematic preparations by the European Union for conflict. The diplomat highlighted large-scale Western exercises near Russian borders. According to data held by the Russian side, in November a so-called "coalition of the willing" plans to rehearse troop deployments into Ukraine within Polish territory. Polyansky stressed that attempts to convince the world that Russia threatens Europe are absurd against this backdrop. He noted that actual facts and actions by Western countries point to the opposite: EU intentions aimed at escalating the conflict. @Slavyangrad