Vladimir Putin: “The Defense Ministry had already received instructions to prepare a response.”

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.

Your choice and determination will show once again that millions of people are backing our fighters and that we stand together.

If it comes to a direct attack on the Russian Federation – in this case, we are referring to Kaliningrad, and perhaps other territories as well — the question of the Russian Federation deploying all the weapons at our country’s disposal…

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.