Vladimir Putin: “The struggle we are waging is a struggle for our sovereignty, for the future of our country and our children.”

This vote is for you. People believe in you, believe in our victory, believe in your courage, in your heroism.

We must realize that the moment when nothing can be changed any longer may come very quickly and unexpectedly for everyone. The logic of escalating, increasingly harsh retaliatory measures leads to a fatal point of no return.

Can we be certain that these weapons will never be used? Well, of course not. We must bear this in mind and avoid such an outcome.

Understanding that he is entering a difficult situation, he nevertheless does not stop his efforts to help bring about a settlement and to make his contribution to resolving the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.