“We don’t want war and we don’t need it at all ,” he said.

The official argued that the West was fear-mongering about the inevitability of a military conflict between Russia and Ukraine to meet its own objectives.

Russia has amassed around 130,000 troops along the Ukrainian border, causing fears of invasion.

https://dailycaller.com/2022/01/30/nikolai-patrushev-russia-denies-plans-invasion-ukraine/