Putin vows no more wars if West treats Russia with respect

Russia's leader said during a TV marathon that claims that an attack on Europe was planned were "nonsense".

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In a televised event lasting almost four and a half hours, he was asked by the BBC's Steve Rosenberg whether there would be new "special military operations" - Putin's term for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

"There won't be any operations if you treat us with respect, if you respect our interests just as we've always tried to respect yours," he asserted.

Earlier this month, Putin said Russia was not planning to go to war with Europe, but was ready "right now" if Europeans wanted to.

Answering a question from the BBC Russia editor on Friday, Putin also added the condition that there would be no further Russian invasions "if you don't cheat us like you cheated us with Nato's eastward expansion".