❗️ Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the Federal Assembly in two hours.

▪️ As confirmed to journalists by the Kremlin Press Secretary, Dmitry Peskov, the address will be held in the capital’s Gostiny Dvor and will begin at noon Moscow time (09:00 GMT).

▪️ The President’s Address is expected to focus on the situation in the country, and on the main directions the state’s domestic and foreign policy is taking as the basis for determining strategic goals.

▪️ Sputnik will broadcast the address on our website and our Telegram channel!

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday, following the meeting with US President Joe Biden in Kiev, that Ukraine and the United States are working on the delivery of arms, including long-range weapons, that have yet to be supplied to Kiev.

🗣 "We are working on the supply of long-range weapons and other types of weapons that were not previously included in the support packages. And I am grateful for another package that will definitely strengthen our guys on the frontline," Zelensky said in a video address on Telegram.

▪️ He added that he had discussed with Biden ending the conflict this year.

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EU Mulls Using Own Budget to Finance Purchase of Weapons for Ukraine, Reports Suggest

The European Commission is mulling plans to use the EU budget to provide advance payments to arms producers with a view to encouraging the expanded production of weapons amid concerns over whether the bloc can provide enough arms to Ukraine using existing stockpiles, media noted.

The commission's lawyers are assisting in drawing up these plans since the EU key treaties ban the bloc from using its funds for military purposes, the report said.

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❗️ Kremlin spokesman Peskov on the content of Putin's address: It may be assumed that most of the address will be devoted to assessing the causes and inevitability of the special operation.

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❗️ Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Address to Federal Assembly has started

❗️Putin said that he was delivering a message at a time when Russia had reached a difficult milestone

⚡️ Russia did everything possible to solve the problems of Donbass by peaceful means, Putin stressed

⚡️ Putin: Donbass Republics Believed and Expected Russia to Come to Their Rescue

▪️ Russia did everything to solve the Donbass issue peacefully, but the promises of Western leaders turned into forgery and a lie, the president said.

💬 "The concepts of honor, trust, decency are not for the [West]. They are used to spitting on the whole world. It turned out that they treat the peoples of their countries in the same way," the president noted.

❗️ The West was negotiating the supply of air defense to Ukraine even before the special operation started, Putin said

❗️ Putin: Russia showed readiness for dialog with West for years, but was ignored, rebuffed

Russia firmly defends not only its own interests, world should not be divided into 'civilized' countries and rest - Putin

❗️ No other country in the world has such number of military bases abroad as US, there are hundreds of them - Putin

⚡️ Putin: It is West who unleashed war, while we use force to contain it

▪️ The president stressed that Russia is defending its homeland and the lives of people, while the West's goal is power with no limits.

⚡️ Putin says it's impossible to defeat Russia on battlefield

⚡️ Neo-Nazis in Ukraine make no secret of whose heirs they consider themselves to be, putting swastikas on equipment and using Nazi names, Putin said

❗️ Putin: Purpose behind West's anti-Russia policy is to start war in Europe and eliminate competitors