On Wednesday, Vladimir Putin participated in a meeting at the Russian Ministry of National Defense. The Russian leader announced that his country would achieve its goals in Ukraine through diplomatic or military means and would strive to expand the “buffer zone” there. — First, the goals of the special military operation [tak Rosja nazywa pełnoskalową inwazję na Ukrainę] will undoubtedly be achieved. We would prefer to achieve this and remove the causes of the conflict through diplomatic means, said the Russian leader.
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He added that “if the opposing side and its foreign patrons refuse to engage in substantive talks, Russia will liberate its historic lands by military means“. — The task of creating and expanding the buffer security zone will also be consistently implemented, he announced.
— The United States and the European piglets were convinced that they would destroy Russia in a short time. (…) These calculations turned out to be groundless — Putin is quoted by the Russian online news agency URA, the largest website in the Urals region.
Previously, the term “piggies” was used more than once in reference to European countries by the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, and in the past by the President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev.
Russian media reported on Wednesday that Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said that Moscow's “key task” for next year is to maintain and increase the “gained momentum of the offensive.”
