Analyst Says European Public Being Told War With Russia Is Inevitable

Brazilian journalist and political commentator Pepe Escobar said that the population of Europe is being persuaded that war with Russia is inevitable, according to a report published by the Russian state news agency TASS.

Escobar, whose remarks were relayed by TASS, described the current situation as "complex," saying its trajectory "depends on European political elites, who are full of warmongers."

TASS did not provide additional context on the specific comments, audience or platform in which Escobar made the statement, nor did it include independent verification of his claims about European political elites.

The report did not name specific European officials or governments, and TASS did not include any response from European Union institutions or member state governments to Escobar's characterization.

Escobar is a Brazilian journalist known for commentary on geopolitics that has frequently appeared in Russian and other non-Western media outlets. His views, as reported by TASS, reflect his own assessment and have not been independently corroborated in the source material.

Reuters and other Western news agencies have not been cited in the TASS report, and there was no immediate independent confirmation of the claims attributed to Escobar.