Russia: Vladimir Putin gives annual state of the nation address | BBC News

Vladimir Putin has given his annual state of the nation address, two weeks before Russia's 2024 presidential election.

Putin warned that any deployment of Western troops in Ukraine would have "tragic" consequences, claiming that Western rhetoric threatened a "conflict with the use of nuclear arms and consequently the destruction of civilisation".

He also said the Russian military has the "initiative" in the two-year, full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and is advancing in a number of areas.

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[DM_Laf]

Send Boris Johnson to the front in the first lines!

[trevorsutherland]

Vicky Nuland said the quiet part out loud in the CNN interview this week. "...we wanted a Westernized Russia that would be more European..."
Strange that she never bothered to ask what Russian people want....

[dvsxavier]

Macron's big mouth started this escalation.

[kiki-ztfz]

I advise you to watch Putin’s full speech, and not the cut excerpts. Because the main part of his speech did not concern the war at all, but was about social problems: maternity capital, mortgages, universities, etc.

[samfisher]

Three candidates running for the president of Russia.
1. Vladimir Putin
2. Shadow of Vladimir Putin
3. Reflection of Vladimir Putin

[BalkrishnaGajurel]

Why bbc can't rise the issue of #Julian who imposed crime against humanity.

[gearoidt]

Calling NATO a defensive alliance is like calling Ukraine a democracy 🇷🇺💪🏻

[tanny]

Смешно читать комментарии некоторых иностранцев. Россия имеет право на защиту границ и точка. Если бы Россия или Китай решили построить военную базу в Мексике, то США ответила бы на это и было бы право, потому что это защита. Россию пытались загнать в угол и получилось то, что получилось.

[kastinkayak]

Almost all the time he talked about the development of his country and solving internal problems. Not about war!

[betchface]

All i can say as an American is that I’m exhausted with my government funding endless proxy wars when our own infrastructure is on the brink of crumbling.

[MrRyder]

Russia has the rights to defend itself

[escricco]

It's fun to see americans thinking that Russia/Putin are not in right of defending their own territory with all resources they have available, including nuclear weapons. Imagine if a country near USA joins forces with Russia, let's say, Cuba, what will happen? Oh wait that already happened in the past.

[PerceivedREALITY]

"После нас - тишина (After us - silence)." - Russian Strategic Rocket Forces

[genesisworld-zcim]

He said it well, America and West think they can bang on any country without anybody questioning them?

[pirozzamankhan]

Poor Putin remember how Afghan people kicked Brezhnev out of Afghanestan. You will be kicked out of Ukraine soon

[bzuvuit]

You know what else Putin doesn't mention? That the team of the "main oppositionist" likes to call for "fighting, going to rallies" sitting in dubai and eu countries. this is the "russian" opposition that they are trying to show us as an alternative. And does anyone seriously think that they will think first of all about Russian citizens? And what alternatives does the EU offer? Everyone in Russia only dreams of reparations and repentance, right?

[hourbee]

When Putin speaks, I listen closely and intently and watch my actions.

[IrrationalCharm]

The candidates running for president of Russia:
1. Vladimir
2. Putin
3. Vladimir Putin

[hayleysuzannerobinsonharri]

Any chance we could have the full interview with subtitles on mainstream BBC?

[goldfingaable]

150 civilians where killed by Isreal and 100 injured … when the where waiting for aid