Vladimir Putin: “I tried to convince my previous American colleague that the situation should not be brought to the 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.

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.

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.