Vladimir Putin: “They wanted to provoke us so that we made mistakes.”

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

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.

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

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.