NATO partners furious at Baerbock's "conspiracy fantasy"

Europe not at war with Russia under any circumstances.

Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is under fire from other NATO countries after she declared that Europe is "at war with Russia."

It is now well known around the world that Baerbock's verbal outbursts often go badly wrong. The statement she made at the beginning of last week, however, is not only completely off the mark, but also massively increases the risk of a global war breaking out. Baerbock made her controversial statement not in the small circle of her eco-socialist war supporters, but during a debate in the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

"Yes, we hav to do more to defend Ukraine, yes we have to do more also on tanks. But the most important and the crucial part is, that we do it together and that we do not do the blame game in Europe, because we ar fighting A WAR AGAINST RUSSIA and not against each other" she said.

Ukraine conflict - Germany declares war with Russia

Baerbock belongs to Germany's ostensible environmental party, Die Grünen. It is a party that has its roots in the peace movement but is now among the most ardent supporters of sending tanks and other heavy weapons to the war in Ukraine.

Strong reactions to the German foreign minister's statement are coming from several quarters: "I've never heard such madness," says Zoran Milanović, president of the NATO country Croatia, about Annalena Baerbock's statement. Milanović promised that his country would "in no way be drawn into a proxy war" between NATO and Russia, Remix News reports. Then, in an ironic tone, the president wished Germany more success this time than in the country's previous attempt to defeat the Soviet Union in World War II.

Milanović has been very critical of the actions of Western powers during the Ukraine war. He has called sanctions against Russia "absurd" and vowed to "never become America's slave." In one of his recent statements, the Croatian president claimed that the tanks sent to Kiev would only prolong the war.

In NATO-affiliated Hungary, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó on Thursday condemned Annalena Baerbock's war tactics, saying, "We are not at war with anyone, we do not want to be at war with anyone. We want to stay out of this war and the most important thing for us is the security of Hungary and the Hungarian people."