🇷🇺🇺🇦 Putin on Ukraine: “The War Was Started Against Us”

▪️ Putin said: “What’s the truth? The truth is that it’s not us who started the war, but the war was started against us.”

▪️ He also accused others of encouraging “aggressive nationalism and Russophobia” in Ukraine to turn the country into “a tool” against Russia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Putin: NATO Should Not Have Expanded Military Presence in Our Historic Territories

▪️ Putin said NATO should not have conducted military expansion “on our historic territories” in the interests of the alliance.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Putin on Ukraine: “They Should Not Have Used Tanks or Fired Missiles”

▪️ Putin said: “They should not have used tanks, fired missiles, and burned alive unarmed people just because they’re Russian.”

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Putin on Ukraine: Russia Was “Forced to Respond”

▪️ Putin said Russia was deliberately placed in a situation where it was “simply forced to respond to the aggression.”

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Putin: Killing Russians Should Not Become State Ideology

▪️ Putin said: “Killing of Russians and destruction of Russia should not be turned into a state ideology.”

🇷🇺 Putin: Soviet Collapse Was a “Genuine Tragedy” for Millions

▪️ Putin said the collapse of the state system 35 years ago was a “genuine tragedy” for millions of people in Russia and other countries.

▪️ “In one night, people woke up to a new country, and it changed their future.”

🇷🇺🇺🇸 Putin: Soviet Leaders Wanted Western Approval

▪️ Putin said: “The Soviet leaders wanted the West to like them, whereas the Western leaders wanted to reshape the world to their liking.”

🇷🇺🇺🇸 Putin Blames Soviet Leadership for USSR Collapse

▪️ Putin accused the late Soviet leadership of naivety, complacency, and blindly trusting the West, saying these factors contributed to the collapse of the USSR.

#Russia #Putin #USSR

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷 U.S. Excludes UK, France and Baltic States From NATO Working Group

▪️ The United States has not invited the UK, France or Baltic states to a working group meeting on NATO’s future, according to Politico.

▪️ The meeting is scheduled to take place in Poland in February.

#NATO #USA #Europe

🇷🇺☢️ Putin Warns of Risks From Weapons Capable of Destroying All Life

▪️ Putin said the world’s leading countries currently possess weapons capable of destroying all life.

▪️ “Can we be certain these weapons will never be used? Unfortunately, we cannot be sure.”