Vladimir Putin: “Any deal should proceed from the assumption that this cessation should lead to long-term peace and eliminate the root…”

Zhenya, I support it.

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.

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…