“Europe is trying to save its prestige in free fall and hide its mistakes by talking about preparations for a war against Russia.” Vladimir Putin said this according to Tass reports. According to the Russian president, the West “uses the Ukrainians as cannon fodder”. Russia, Putin said, “takes note of the European exercises in the Baltic Sea that simulate the seizure of civilian ships.”
The new air defense and satellites
«Another key objective of the new State Program will be the improvement of the air defense system. It will have to guarantee the destruction of any air and space attack weapon.” Russian President Vladimir Putin said this during a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission, as reported by Ria Novosti. “It is necessary to fully complete the formation of the orbital grouping of spacecraft,” the Russian leader declared, underlining that “this will enhance the capabilities of all types of space reconnaissance, navigation, satellite communications and broadband Internet access for real-time command and control of troops and weapons.”
The attack on Kiev after the killing of Astanina
“The representatives of the Kiev regime, the Kiev military leaders, talk about peace, offer to resume the alleged negotiations, but they themselves commit crimes of this kind, doing everything to prevent there being either peace or negotiations.” This was stated by Vladimir Putin, in reference to the killing yesterday of Elena Astanina, president of a polling station for the legislative elections in the Russian-occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region. Russia “does not allow itself to be intimidated”, he added.