If someone intends to intervene into the ongoing events in Ukraine from the outside and creates unacceptable strategic threats for us, then they should know that our response to those strikes will be swift, lightning-fast.
Putin warns of a swift response to any external intervention in Ukraine.
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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.
Such a high, even record, number of people who came out and voted shows that the people of Russia support our efforts aimed at strengthening the country.
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.
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