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The Russian armed forces and security agencies must be prepared to respond quickly and effectively to potential external threats, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
Speaking at a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission, Putin said that the agenda included discussions on the draft of the new State Armament Program and the Program for the Development of the Defense-Industrial Complex.
"They will serve as the foundation for the development and serial production of modern weapons systems and hardware to equip our army and other security agencies, ensuring they are ready to respond quickly and effectively to potential external threats," Putin said.
NATO is expanding and moving into different regions of the world, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
“NATO is growing, expanding, and is already moving into other regions of the world. Some European leaders openly say that they are preparing for war with Russia,” Putin said.
Furthermore, NATO conducted exercises in the Baltic Sea, one of the goals of which was to practice seizing civilian vessels.
Putin urged the West to live in harmony, warning that otherwise Moscow would have to respond.
On Relations With Europe
European authorities are covering up their economic policy mistakes by citing an alleged threat from Russia.
"Some European leaders are openly declaring that they are preparing for war with Russia. In my view, they are simply trying to salvage their plummeting approval ratings and mask failures in economic and social policy — but it is not really working; it is not helping," Putin said during a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission.
Instead of pausing to listen to their citizens, who do not want war with Russia, European leaders are further escalating the situation, the Russian president added.
"I want to say once again that Russia has no aggressive intentions towards Europe or European countries. We simply have no grounds for that," Putin stated
On Ukraine
European leaders are using Ukrainians as “cannon fodder,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
He added that European arguments about Ukraine defending “European values, European civilization and democracy” were false, claiming that Ukraine’s authorities could not defend democracy because, in his words, the country’s political system had “degenerated into a dictatorship.”
"Power [in Ukraine] has been usurped by a 'bunch of embezzlers' and corrupt officials who need war in order to remain in power without elections," Putin said at a meeting of the military industry commission.
The regime in Ukraine cannot defend democracy because it has degenerated into a dictatorship itself, Putin added.
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