❗️We do not want to destroy the EU; they will fall apart on their own, - Putin

Other statements:

▪️ It was not Russia that withdrew from treaties curbing the arms race; the US did so under various pretexts.

▪️ Russia's nuclear forces are 98% modern.

▪️ Russia's Strategic Missile Forces are highly modern; no other nuclear power has anything like them.

▪️ The Russian Federation has proposed and continues to propose the resumption of dialogue on limiting strategic arms; there is no response, and "if there is no answer, then there is nothing to discuss."

▪️ The Russian Federation possesses new missile defense systems and the most modern medium-range weapons.

▪️ We are ready to start a dialogue with the EU or individual European countries without preconditions, but there should be no preconditions from their side either.