❗️ 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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❗️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

⚡️ The West uses Ukraine as a battering ram and as a training ground - Putin

❗️ The longer is strike range of weapons supplied to Kiev by West, the further we need to push threat away from Russian territories, Russian President Vladimir Putin states

❗️ Putin promises to defend children from ‘degradation' witnessed in the West

⚡️ Russia became stronger after reunification with Donbass - Putin