Putin: West's air defenses have 'no chance' against Russian ballistic missile

ABC News’ Ian Pannell reports on what the Russian leader said Thursday during his annual marathon press conference.

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[thewedge]

If it's so coordinated and controlled, then why did he take questions from BBC, and NBC?

[Robert-tmp]

Pentagón sponsored media's twisting everything 😅

[GolfNut]

Yes. I believe Putin. Americans can't even shoot down drones over New Jersey.

[udayaudugama]

What nonsense the Oreshnik is powered by a Shovel and a washing machine chip. Therefore we can ignore the missile challenge and sleep safely!! 😂😂😂

[dannybauman]

Just like Ukraine had no chance of extending his special military operation beyond 3 days

[Sean-vg]

ABC SHOULD NOT EVEN REPORT THIS CRAP .

[larisaganich]

Misreporting. Half-truth, out of context. Just one example: Trump had imposed much more sanctions against Russia than Biden. This "journalist" however implies Trump is soft on Moscow.

[matthewbaynham]

So if Russia is so strong why does it need to use North Korean soldiers?

[official_fyi]

You know I prefer to hear from horses mouth not these presenters or analyst because they often mislead us

[dichotomousfilms]

It's the same shitTyson said about Buster Douglas... right before he got knocked tf out...

[krisrenner]

Let me get this right Ukraine has stopped Putin from taking over that country for over a year and he thinks the U.S. needs to be scared of him? 😂😂😂😂😂

[Wacko-wrx]

Why shouldn’t Western leaders subject themselves to a similar annual media interrogation or is it difficult to find any current Western leader who could do that.

[Marx-js]

Putin's speech is well choreographed like ABC News?

[kennedyboateng]

Thank God social media is here to stay. ABC can not twist any information

[erichvonmolder]

How many people really watched this presentation for 4 1/2 hours in Russia? Unless they had too and just put the TV on mute or the volume very low. Let's be real.

[davidreynolds]

That means they probably have.
It'll just take the defensive missiles being in the right place to defend against them.

[richardm]

After Putin's Syrian debacle, he's flailing.

[BenjaminGrowUp]

Why is he saying that? LMAO We should be telling him that!

[aelowan]

So, and it's possible I missed it, but have we seen any proof of life on Assad?

[Megavwatts]

LMAO he wants to test the Air Defenses of NATO without escalating? So the ultimate military research test but promising "I'm just playing" WHAT?!