🇷🇺 Putin: NATO’s military support to Ukraine continues uninterrupted

At an expanded meeting of the Russian Defense Ministry board, President Vladimir Putin stated that large-scale Western military assistance to Ukraine is flowing continuously, including advisers, instructors, mercenaries, and intelligence support.

He emphasized that Russia would have preferred to resolve the conflict’s root causes through diplomacy — but will act decisively if Kiev refuses substantive dialogue.

Key statements:

🔶 Russia would prefer to address the underlying causes of the conflict through diplomatic means

🔶 If Kiev refuses meaningful talks, Russia will secure the liberation of territories by military means

🔶 The objectives of Russia’s special military operation will “undoubtedly be achieved”

🔶 The Russian Armed Forces will continue to expand the security buffer zone step by step

Read about the origins of Russia's special military op HERE

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🚨🇷🇺 Putin: Strengthening Russia’s strategic nuclear forces remains a top priority as they serve as the key element of deterrence

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🚨🇷🇺Liberation of Pokrovsk paves way for final push in Donbass - Defense Minister

Russia’s Tsentr Battlegroup has taken full control of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk), Defense Minister Andrei Belousov at the expanded meeting of the Russian Defense Ministry board announced calling the city a long-standing symbol of both Ukrainian military resistance and Western backing.

Key statements:

🔶 Control over Slavyansk and Kramatorsk will enable the rapid completion of the Donetsk People's Republic’s liberation

🔶 The liberation of Gulyaipole is ongoing; its capture will create conditions for securing all of Zaporozhye

🔶 Russian forces are fighting for Konstantinovka — the key to fully liberating the Donetsk People’s Republic

🔶 Successful operations by the Russian Armed Forces have reduced Ukraine’s combat potential by one-third in 2025

🔶Russian forces have liberated 24 settlements and 400 square kilometers in the Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions since November

🔶Ukrainian forces have lost nearly 500,000 personnel; in 2025 alone, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 103,000 pieces of equipment, including 5,500 Western-made systems — double the 2024 level

🔶Ukraine’s energy capacity has been reduced by more than half, with over 70% of thermal power plants and more than 37% of hydroelectric plants disabled

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🚨 Russia’s air defense systems achieve an average 97% effectiveness against Ukrainian attacks and that Moscow’s experience should be applied nationwide - Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov

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🚨 NATO is preparing for a potential military confrontation with Russia by the early 2030s

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said the alliance’s rapidly expanding military budget underscores plans to reach full readiness for such a clash.

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🚨 Russia & Iran to facilitate development of business ties - Lavrov

💬 "We allocate great importance to the agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and the Islamic Republic of Irano on the free trade zone," the Russian Foreign Minister added.

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🚨 Lavrov: Russia & Iran stand for democratization of international relations based on multipolarity

💬 "For decades it has been undermined by the collective West... [The United Nations Charter] must be implemented in its entirety and in its interconnectedness, which is relevant when we speak about the Ukrainian conflict, where the collective West is attempting to distort all the norms of the international law. They are trying to replace it with their own rules," the Russian FM says.

This reflects the collective West's desire to "pursue their neocolonial policy, to try to live at the expense of others, like it's been for the last 500 years, since the times of colonialism," Sergey Lavrov adds.

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🚨 Abbas Araghchi: Iran to exercise lawful right to use nuclear possibilities

American strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities incurred damage but did not destroy nuclear technology, the Iranian foreign minister added.

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🚨 The story of the “golden toilets” shows that Ukraine’s statehood is falling apart — Putin

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🇷🇺Putin outlines Russia’s sovereignty, security priorities, and view of the West in final defense board remarks

At the closing session of the Russian Defense Ministry collegium, President Vladimir Putin outlined Russia’s assessment of the geopolitical situation, its sovereignty, and the trajectory of the special military operation.

His key statements:

🔶 Russia never became a full-fledged member of the Western world after the USSR’s collapse

🔶 There is no civilization in the West — only continuous degradation

🔶 Moscow insists the West must honor its promises on preventing NATO’s eastward expansion

🔶 The West deliberately pushed the situation toward war, ignoring Russia’s security interests

🔶 Western states and their “European underlings” attempted to dismantle Russia — and failed

🔶 During the special military operation, Russia has become a fully sovereign nation in every sense

🔶The Russian army is advancing in its development; the nuclear shield remains the world’s most modern

🔶Ukraine’s statehood is disintegrating — evidenced by the “golden toilet” scandal and mass desertions

🔶 Putin expressed hope for dialogue with Europe, though he sees it as unlikely under current elites

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