Is every ring an abelian group?

Can you clarify for me, is the statement "Is every ring an abelian group?" implying that every algebraic structure that possesses both additive and multiplicative operations, where the additive operation forms an abelian group, is necessarily an abelian group under both operations? Or is the question specifically inquiring about whether the multiplicative operation in a ring can also be considered an abelian group? It seems crucial to distinguish between the additive and multiplicative structures when answering this question.