New Delhi, July 11 -- Moscow is not ignoring what Dutch officials say, the embassy stated, and Jetten's remarks are now being factored into Russian military and political planning.

"Russia is not angry, Russia is concentrating."

The message followed Jetten's interview with the Kyiv Independent, in which the Dutch prime minister said Europe had been "way too naive and way too lazy for way too long" in its approach to Russia and Ukraine. Jetten called for sustained pressure on President Vladimir Putin and said Ukraine's future belongs inside NATO. "The future of Ukraine is in this family," he said. "Ukraine's future is as a NATO member."

Jetten, who leads the Labour-Green Left coalition government that took office in the Netherlands earl...