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

⚡️ Putin thanks people living in Donbass republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions for making decision in referendum to join Russia despite threats from neo-Nazi regime

❗️ Putin announces the creation of a special fund for targeted assistance to the families of dead soldiers and veterans of the special operation

❗️ As a result of the wars that the United States has unleashed since 2001, almost 900,000 people have died and more than 38 million have become refugees - Putin

❗️ Putin: In 1930s, West practically paved the way to power for Nazis in Germany, and now they turned Ukraine into ‘anti-Russia'

❗️ Putin: Anti-Russia sanctions are just means, while West's goal is to make Russian people suffer

⚡️ Putin: West Has Already Spent $150 billion on Military Assistance to Ukraine

▪️ The West has already spent $150 billion on military assistance to Ukraine, and the flow of money is not stopping, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his address to the Federal Assembly.

❗️ Many of our promising military developments are significantly superior to foreign counterparts - Putin

❗️ The West has deployed not only a military and informational, but also an economic front against us, but has not achieved anything anywhere and will not achieve anything - Putin

❗️ Equipping the nuclear deterrence forces with the latest weapons is at a level of 91.3 percent, and it is necessary to reach this level in all areas of the Armed Forces, the President said

❗️President Putin speaks on the West's anti-Russia project

⚡️ West tried to destabilize Russian society from within but failed - Putin