⚡️ 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

❗️ Russia is actually entering a new cycle of economic development, there are all opportunities for a breakthrough in many areas, Putin said

⚡️ In 2022-2023 Russia exporting 55-60mln tonnes of grain, level that was thought to be unreachable, Vladimir Putin says

❗️ Putin: The West does not care who it ruins when it goes to war against us. Everyone is dispensable as the West goes after what it wants.

❗️ Vladimir Putin: Russia was rebuffed every time it asked for security guarantees, and it became clear that the threat [from the West] was growing every day

❗️ WATCH: Russia is not at a war with Ukrainian people, who became hostage to the Kiev regime — Putin

⚡️ West not abandoning attempts to ‘incite' post-Soviet states - Putin

❗️Those who have slapped sanctions against Russia are only punishing themselves by causing prices in their countries to rise. And they say that the Russians are to blame - Putin

❗️WATCH: Russian nuclear forces equipped to 91.3 percent, all military units need to reach this level - Putin

⚡️ Russia is an open country and a distinctive civilization, but there is no claim to exceptionalism and superiority in this - Putin

⚡️ Russia knows how to be friends and keep its word, it will not let anyone down and will always offer support in a difficult situation, as it helped Western countries during the pandemic, Putin noted

❗️ Inflation in Russia will approach the target level of 4% in the second quarter of 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin said

❗️ Putin: Those who were born in Donbass and fought for it should become backbone for development of new regions

❗️ Russia is developing the International North–South Transport Corridor, which opens prospects for deeper cooperation with 🇮🇳India, 🇮🇷Iran and 🇵🇰Pakistan: President Putin in his address to the Federal Assembly

❗️ Putin: West is directly complicit in Kiev's attempts to conduct strikes on Russian strategic objects

❗️ Vladimir Putin: It is not Russia that is reducing settlements in dollars, the West is doing everything with its own hands, Putin said.

He noted that the share of the ruble in foreign trade settlements had already doubled.