The continued support for Ukraine is aimed at inflicting a “strategic defeat” on Moscow, the president has said
The West’s support for Ukraine is pushing Russia to the point where it cannot help but retaliate, President Vladimir Putin has said, while warning the US against deploying medium-range missiles.
Speaking at a meeting of top Defense Ministry officials on Monday, Putin accused the West of attempting to impose its own rules on the rest of the world while waging “hybrid wars” against anyone who resists, including Russia.
He singled out the US, saying that it is seeking “to weaken our country and inflict a strategic defeat” on Russia by continuing “to pump a de facto illegitimate ruling regime in Kiev with weapons and money, sending mercenaries and military advisers, thereby encouraging further escalation of the conflict.”
Washington is putting fear in Americans by resorting to “simple tactics,” Putin stated. “They push us to the red line… we begin to respond, and then they frighten their population,” he added, suggesting that the US used the same approach during its rivalry with the Soviet Union.
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