Russian President, Vladimir Putin on Thursday said National unity is what made it possible for Russia to successfully deal with the coronavirus pandemic and global terrorism.
The Russian leader, who stated this at his annual State of the Nation address, claims the majority of Russians support Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine, noting that the West wanted to bring discord to Russia and weaken it from within but made a miscalculation.
The president says Russia did not start the war in Ukraine’s Donbas region in 2014 but will do everything to end it and “eradicate Nazism, adding that the Russian army is confidently advancing in a number of directions on the Ukrainian front line.
Putin says Moscow is ready for dialogue with the United States on strategic stability but rejects any attempts to force Russia into talks. He also rejected the possibility of negotiations on strategic stability with the US in isolation from Russian national security issues.
By Opeoluwa Michael-Ayobami
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