Vladimir Putin: “We have to reduce to a minimum the impact of terrorist attacks on our civilian targets and infrastructure," he said.”

Your choice, and your will, will once again demonstrate that millions of people stand behind our soldiers, that we are a united people bound together by shared values, historical memory, and love for our homeland, and that no one will…

Nobody can divide or intimidate us, undermine our statehood, our public and political system.

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.

I think it's another mistake, a serious one. And in my view it clearly runs counter to the interests of the German people.