MOSCOW: Russia would consider using `all types of weapons`, if its exclave of Kaliningrad was attacked, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, while insisting that Moscow had `no intention of attacking anyone`.

His comments came as tensions mount over Kaliningrad Russia`s heavily militarised territory that borders Poland, Lithuania and the Baltic Sea.

`If it comes to a direct attack on the Russian Federation... then, of course, the question of the Russian Federation deploying all types of weapons at our country`s disposal will inevitably and immediately be on the agenda. This is inevitable,` Putin said at the annual Valdai forum.

In recent months, Nato countries have conducted severalmilitary exercises along the borders of Kaliningrad.

That prompted Moscow to issue a statement condemning what it called `provocative statements and actions of the North Atlantic Alliance`s leadership and Nato member states`.

Nato in turn has denounced Russia`s `threat of force, including any irresponsible nuclear rhetoric`. On Thursday, Putin once again condemned the `successive military exercises in the Baltic Sea` and the `attempts to intercept` Russian vessels.

`All this constitutes an escalation,` he said. `We have no intention of attacking anyone neither in 2029, nor in 2030, nor in 2050,` Putin said.

`However, if we face aggression, we will be compelled to respond. Citizens of European countries need to clearly understand this,` he added.-AFP