Vladimir Putin: “He has slowly but surely eliminated what you and I would consider politics.”

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.

They’re constantly taking steps that, frankly, we probably should have foreseen, but we thought they wouldn’t think of doing it. They thought of it.

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

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.