MOSCOW, July 4. /TASS/. Moscow has no plans to attack Europe or the United Kingdom, escalation is possible only on the initiative of Western countries, said Russian ambassador to the UK Andrey Kelin.

"Russia has no intentions, no plans, no reason to attack Europe, to fight Europe, or to attack Britain. Escalation is possible here only on the initiative of the West itself," Kelin said in an interview with Vesti.

He added that the talk in the West about the alleged threat from Russia is solely related "to knocking out money for the military-industrial complex," which has declined in recent decades.

Kelin also said that a significant part of the funds allocated by the EU and the UK to prepare for war with Russia and as military aid to Ukraine will be stolen.