Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Tuesday to continue Russia’s year-long war in Ukraine and accused the US-led NATO alliance of fanning the flames of the conflict in the mistaken belief that it could defeat Moscow in a global confrontation.
Flanked by four Russian tricolor flags, Putin told Russia’s political and military elite that Russia would “carefully and consistently resolve the tasks facing us” in Ukraine.
In addition to promises to continue the war and warnings of global confrontation to the West, Putin has also tried to justify the war by saying that it was imposed on Russia and that he understands the pain of the families of those who fell in the war. They went.
“The people of Ukraine have become hostages of the Kiev regime and its Western overlords, who have effectively occupied this country in political, military and economic terms,” Putin said.
“They intend to turn a local conflict into a stage of global confrontation. That is exactly how we understand it and we will react accordingly, because in this case we are talking about the existence of our country. “
It was impossible to defeat Russia, he said. The 70-year-old Kremlin chief said Russia would never bow to Western attempts to divide its society, adding that the majority of Russians supported the war.