俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京周四表示，任何对俄罗斯的直接攻击或试图吞并其飞地加里宁格勒地区的企图，都不可避免地会引发使用“莫斯科掌握的所有武器和手段”的问题。他在莫斯科瓦尔代国际辩论俱乐部会议上同时强调，俄罗斯无意攻击任何人。
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that any direct attack on Russia or attempt to annex its exclave in the Kaliningrad region would inevitably raise the issue of using "all weapons and means at Moscow’s disposal." He stressed at the same time in a meeting of the Vladai Discussion Club in Moscow that Russia does not intend to attack anyone.
“如果发生对俄罗斯的直接攻击，使用所有可用武器的问题将不可避免地出现，”他说。
“If it comes to a direct attack on Russia, the issue of using all available weapons will inevitably arise,” he said.
关于俄罗斯外交部关于保护加里宁格勒地区的信函，“其中没有提到核武器，而是谈到了俄罗斯使用所有手段，”他指出。
“In the letter from the Russian Foreign Ministry on the protection of the Kaliningrad region, there is no mention of nuclear weapons; it speaks about Russia’s use of all means,” he noted.
普京表示，这封信是对有关可能封锁加里宁格勒的言论的回应，如果该地区面临直接攻击，俄罗斯将不得不作出回应。
Putin said the letter was issued in response to statements about a possible blockade of Kaliningrad, and that Russia would have to respond if the region faced a direct attack.
他说，俄罗斯没有计划攻击任何人，“无论是在2029年、2030年还是2050年”，但如果“面临侵略”，它将予以回应。
Russia has no plans to attack anyone, "neither in 2029, nor in 2030, nor in 2050," but if it "faces an aggression," it will respond, he said.
他还警告称，欧盟可能会断章取义他的言论，并借此暗示俄罗斯在用核武器威胁欧洲。
He also warned that the European Union could take his remarks out of context and use them to suggest that Russia was threatening Europe with nuclear weapons.
这位俄罗斯总统呼吁对大国拥有的毁灭性武器保持谨慎，并警告称，日益不妥协的对抗可能导致最危险的升级阶段。
The Russian president called for caution on destructive weapons possessed by major world powers, warning that increasingly uncompromising confrontation could lead to the most dangerous stage of escalation.
“我们不能确定它们（毁灭性武器）不会被使用，”他说。“我们必须意识到，再也无法改变任何事情的时刻可能会非常迅速且出乎所有人意料地到来。”他提到了一句谚语：“如果戏剧开始时墙上挂着一把枪，那么到结束时它必须开火”，并强调需要防止这种结果。“我们必须铭记这一点并避免它，”他说。
"We cannot be sure that they (destructive weapons) will not be used," he said. "We must realize that the moment when nothing can be changed anymore could arrive very quickly and unexpectedly for everyone." He noted the saying that "if a gun hangs on the wall at the beginning of a play, it must fire by the end," stressing the need to prevent that outcome. “We must keep this in mind and avoid it,” he said.