"As far as Germany is concerned, there are constitutional problems there. They rightfully say: if these Taurus hit that part of the Crimean Bridge, which, of course, even according to their understanding, is Russian territory, then this is a violation of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany. The fact is that Germany’s opposition is behaving even more aggressively. We'll see what they eventually will agree on, and we are following this closely," he said.

"In general, we have more or less parity in terms of carriers and warheads, but ours are more modern. Everybody knows this, the experts know this. However, this does not mean we should measure ourselves by the number of carriers and warheads. But it is necessary to know this. And those who need to know, I repeat, experts, specialists, and the military, they know it well. They are now setting tasks to increase this modernity and novelty, and they have a corresponding plan. We also know this. They are developing all their components. So are we," he said.

"We want, I repeat, we want to resolve all disputes, and this dispute, this conflict, by peaceful means. And we are ready for this. We want to do this. But it should be a serious conversation with the provision of security for the party to the conflict. In this case, we are primarily interested in the security of Russia, of the Russian Federation. We will proceed from this," he said.

“I believe that Putin is warning the US that you [NATO] have expanded and expanded, but as long as you did not affect our living space, we were silent.”

“Intervention is an invasion into the expanses of the economy, into the expanses of finance, into the expanses of military security and, strictly speaking, into vital areas where Russia carries out its life activities. We will defend it with all possible forces and means that we have. And we know that the president has always warned: in the event of a sharp deterioration or even a threat to sovereignty, we will not hesitate to use nuclear weapons. I believe that is his message in this interview,” said Anatoliy Matviychuk.