Hear Putin’s rare admission about Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made rare public comments specifically addressing the attacks by Russian Armed Forces on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. #CNN #News

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  1. Putin’s accusing Ukraine of acts of terror is the biggest joke yet.. Perhaps Russians needs better signs designating for no smoking areas.😂🤣

    1. Well americans who think the world is Russian
      Education is a high point from reading the Hollywood posts on here .
      Have a great night .
      Done me against the american bits
      Easy win
      And well USA are used to not winning .
      Add this to the list..
      Have a great one.

    2. @Sammy why are you obsessed with america? Literally nobody cares about Russia 🤣 that’s why it’s rotting and your country is collapsing. 🤣

    1. ¡”slava Ukraine!! americans shouting after search where UKraine is in the map. US gives the weapons, Ukraine gives the blood

  2. Putin: “Since Ukraine had no plans of ever invading Russia, They left us with no other choice but to invade Ukraine.”
    Russian logic.

    Slava Ukraini!!! 🇺🇦🇺🇲

    1. @Martijn Stam no it dosent, there are many landlocked nations, and why do they need a warm water port that much?

    2. @Brakier Without warm water port Russia doesn’t have a navy to defend itself in winter and they’ll have huge issues in shipping goods.

  3. Anyone remember when old man Vladimir was known for being honest and having strong moral principles…me neither

    1. I actually do remember when he was known for that.
      I remember when that reputation went up in Russian-made smoke too.
      I was there, at ground zero, for both.
      I was in America during the Obama years when traditional Judeo-Christian and Chivalric values went down the drain in the West, and it looked to many (myself very much included, which prompted me to move to Russia for two years as a TEFL teacher) like Russia was the last bastion of those same values. Putin went to a lot of lengths to build that image, and he did it well; he was quite convincing.
      I was also in Kharkiv, Ukraine when Russia came across the line slaughtering elders and raping children and it became obvious that Russia’s claims of “traditional Christian values” were bull$#!t. As corrupt and Godless as the West was (is), it became obvious that he is a murderous and genocidal S.O.B who is not only no-better but is, in fact, far worse.
      So, @TheBigStink, the answer to your query is “yes, I actually do remember when Vladimir Putin was known for that, and I remember the specific, exact moment when he burned that reputation as well.”

    2. LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT PUTIN.

      Nothing personal, just facts. I was pretty tired of this war and decided to sort it out…
      In 2013, before a coup d’etat took place in Ukraine, Putin asked the then President of Ukraine, Yanukovych, not to use force against protesters..

      In 2014, when the Ukrainian army was encircled in the Donbas, Putin called on the separatists to release the AFU soldiers from the “cauldron” and exchange prisoners.

      In 2014, realizing that the conflict could escalate into a fratricidal war, Putin proposed a plan to resolve the crisis in Ukraine “Minsk 1”. The peace initiatives assumed the cessation of offensives by all armed formations in the Donbas, the withdrawal of all troops to a safe distance from populated areas, international control over the observance of the ceasefire, the refusal of Ukraine to use military aviation against civilians, the exchange of prisoners under the “all for all” scheme, as well as the opening of humanitarian corridors.

      In 2015, Putin actively supported the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier who proposed a special procedure for the entry into force of the law on the special status of Donbass, provided for by the Minsk agreements.

      In 2015, in order to resolve the crisis in Ukraine as soon as possible, Putin proposed to sign the Minsk 2 supplementary agreement, where the obligations of the parties to the conflict were spelled out in more detail.

      In 2017, Putin proposed to deploy a UN mission on the contact line in the Donbas to ensure the safety of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission staff. Later, Putin did not rule out that such a mission could be located throughout the conflict, but with the consent of the proclaimed republics of Donbass.
      (!!!) On December 15, 2021, Putin warns NATO against unleashing a war and offers to discuss with the United States the draft treaty on security guarantees and an agreement on measures to ensure the security of Russia and NATO countries. But his initiative is ignored.

      At the beginning of 2022, Ukraine is concentrating 170 thousand troops on the border of Donbass, and in mid-February begins artillery preparation for the offensive. Putin understands that it will not be possible to avoid war, decides to counterattack. At the same time, Putin forbids the military to shoot at civilian objects and, if possible, at industrial infrastructure, which greatly hinders the progress of the military.
      It is obvious that Putin had no plans to seize Ukraine. If he wanted to, he could have done it in 2014, when there was a favorable environment. This is confirmed by all military analysts and in particular Angela Merkel:

      «The Minsk agreements of 2014 were an attempt to give Ukraine time. They used this time to become stronger. As we could observe during the fighting in the Debaltseve area in 2015, Russia could have easily won then. And I very much doubt that NATO countries could have done as much then as they are doing now to help Ukraine».
      All the world’s media deliberately mislead us by inventing sophisticated stories about bad Russians and heroic deeds of Ukrainians…But not a single fact about Russia’s alleged atrocities against civilians has been proven. By the way, the tragedy in the city of Bucha is a dramatization of the special services of Ukraine before the visit of high-ranking officials from the EU.
      When the world finds out the truth, it will be too late. Look at what is happening with your country’s economy… And this is just the beginning of a great catastrophe. Understand, Putin will not stop. During the 22 years of his rule, Putin has not made a single geopolitical mistake, and the Russian economy, as noted by leading world analysts, has achieved outstanding results, even despite unprecedented sanctions.
      P.S.It is obvious that Putin did everything possible to avoid this war…But who really needed an escalation. Guess who?

    1. @Серёга Серегин

      “No. It.s USA came to our border.” – But you said in the other chat thread that what is done is done and to live with it. You know, that you could not justify the invasion and that Russia occupying the territory was enough. So it does not matter if the USA started it, only who wins.
      Let me quote you:

      Сергей Гореликов
      1 hour ago
      @From Scotland recognized or not – its your problems
      de facto its russia now

      So please, stop whining like a little girl, “its your problem”. 🙂

    2. @DefiantHardcore its not proxy war if russia invades a country and almost the whole rest of the world helps the invaded.

  4. The way Putin said holding a glass of champagne and with a grin on his face,” It will not stop us from fulfilling combat tasks”, is extremely worrisome. He appears a man possessed to go all the way to the end of this and risk everything that could possibly can. These are very scary times.

    1. I am not sure whether President Putin has thought this out. He may be willing to press the button but I don’t think it would be his decision alone. Let’s hope others are a bit more realistic of the implications.

    2. LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT PUTIN.

      Nothing personal, just facts. I was pretty tired of this war and decided to sort it out…
      In 2013, before a coup d’etat took place in Ukraine, Putin asked the then President of Ukraine, Yanukovych, not to use force against protesters..

      In 2014, when the Ukrainian army was encircled in the Donbas, Putin called on the separatists to release the AFU soldiers from the “cauldron” and exchange prisoners.

      In 2014, realizing that the conflict could escalate into a fratricidal war, Putin proposed a plan to resolve the crisis in Ukraine “Minsk 1”. The peace initiatives assumed the cessation of offensives by all armed formations in the Donbas, the withdrawal of all troops to a safe distance from populated areas, international control over the observance of the ceasefire, the refusal of Ukraine to use military aviation against civilians, the exchange of prisoners under the “all for all” scheme, as well as the opening of humanitarian corridors.

      In 2015, Putin actively supported the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier who proposed a special procedure for the entry into force of the law on the special status of Donbass, provided for by the Minsk agreements.

      In 2015, in order to resolve the crisis in Ukraine as soon as possible, Putin proposed to sign the Minsk 2 supplementary agreement, where the obligations of the parties to the conflict were spelled out in more detail.

      In 2017, Putin proposed to deploy a UN mission on the contact line in the Donbas to ensure the safety of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission staff. Later, Putin did not rule out that such a mission could be located throughout the conflict, but with the consent of the proclaimed republics of Donbass.
      (!!!) On December 15, 2021, Putin warns NATO against unleashing a war and offers to discuss with the United States the draft treaty on security guarantees and an agreement on measures to ensure the security of Russia and NATO countries. But his initiative is ignored.

      At the beginning of 2022, Ukraine is concentrating 170 thousand troops on the border of Donbass, and in mid-February begins artillery preparation for the offensive. Putin understands that it will not be possible to avoid war, decides to counterattack. At the same time, Putin forbids the military to shoot at civilian objects and, if possible, at industrial infrastructure, which greatly hinders the progress of the military.
      It is obvious that Putin had no plans to seize Ukraine. If he wanted to, he could have done it in 2014, when there was a favorable environment. This is confirmed by all military analysts and in particular Angela Merkel:

      «The Minsk agreements of 2014 were an attempt to give Ukraine time. They used this time to become stronger. As we could observe during the fighting in the Debaltseve area in 2015, Russia could have easily won then. And I very much doubt that NATO countries could have done as much then as they are doing now to help Ukraine».
      All the world’s media deliberately mislead us by inventing sophisticated stories about bad Russians and heroic deeds of Ukrainians…But not a single fact about Russia’s alleged atrocities against civilians has been proven. By the way, the tragedy in the city of Bucha is a dramatization of the special services of Ukraine before the visit of high-ranking officials from the EU.
      When the world finds out the truth, it will be too late. Look at what is happening with your country’s economy… And this is just the beginning of a great catastrophe. Understand, Putin will not stop. During the 22 years of his rule, Putin has not made a single geopolitical mistake, and the Russian economy, as noted by leading world analysts, has achieved outstanding results, even despite unprecedented sanctions.
      P.S.It is obvious that Putin did everything possible to avoid this war…But who really needed an escalation. Guess who?

    3. You see. He scared you. That is why it was staged to be like so. To scare all of us.
      What allof us including Putin fail to understand is that there is no way Europe will ever allow another Hitler to invade and invade and invade. This was the WW2 lesson.

    1. @Fish Lives Matter “Challenge the whole west”? He tried to sneak in and has been mauled by a bunch of tractor drivers.

    2. First issue is Ukrainians didn’t understand the politics between Russia and west that’s the most tragic thing.

    3. @V ulture basically, Ukraine is being used by the west as proxy for its war against Russia , if Ukraine was alone in this fight they wouldnt last a week! 🤣,

  5. Putin acts like he sets the rule for his game and gets angry when they are violated. War ain’t no game.

    1. Yeah he does, but his seconds in existence are always ticking away faster and faster until suddenly they’ll be spent and karma or rather true justice will prevail

    2. It’s war … Did not USA and NATO do the same in Iraq, Iran, Libya, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Syria, Japan, Somalia, Crotia, etc … Attack and kill civilians and civil infrastructure … The white raced hypocrites

    3. LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT PUTIN.

      Nothing personal, just facts. I was pretty tired of this war and decided to sort it out…
      In 2013, before a coup d’etat took place in Ukraine, Putin asked the then President of Ukraine, Yanukovych, not to use force against protesters..

      In 2014, when the Ukrainian army was encircled in the Donbas, Putin called on the separatists to release the AFU soldiers from the “cauldron” and exchange prisoners.

      In 2014, realizing that the conflict could escalate into a fratricidal war, Putin proposed a plan to resolve the crisis in Ukraine “Minsk 1”. The peace initiatives assumed the cessation of offensives by all armed formations in the Donbas, the withdrawal of all troops to a safe distance from populated areas, international control over the observance of the ceasefire, the refusal of Ukraine to use military aviation against civilians, the exchange of prisoners under the “all for all” scheme, as well as the opening of humanitarian corridors.

      In 2015, Putin actively supported the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier who proposed a special procedure for the entry into force of the law on the special status of Donbass, provided for by the Minsk agreements.

      In 2015, in order to resolve the crisis in Ukraine as soon as possible, Putin proposed to sign the Minsk 2 supplementary agreement, where the obligations of the parties to the conflict were spelled out in more detail.

      In 2017, Putin proposed to deploy a UN mission on the contact line in the Donbas to ensure the safety of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission staff. Later, Putin did not rule out that such a mission could be located throughout the conflict, but with the consent of the proclaimed republics of Donbass.
      (!!!) On December 15, 2021, Putin warns NATO against unleashing a war and offers to discuss with the United States the draft treaty on security guarantees and an agreement on measures to ensure the security of Russia and NATO countries. But his initiative is ignored.

      At the beginning of 2022, Ukraine is concentrating 170 thousand troops on the border of Donbass, and in mid-February begins artillery preparation for the offensive. Putin understands that it will not be possible to avoid war, decides to counterattack. At the same time, Putin forbids the military to shoot at civilian objects and, if possible, at industrial infrastructure, which greatly hinders the progress of the military.
      It is obvious that Putin had no plans to seize Ukraine. If he wanted to, he could have done it in 2014, when there was a favorable environment. This is confirmed by all military analysts and in particular Angela Merkel:

      «The Minsk agreements of 2014 were an attempt to give Ukraine time. They used this time to become stronger. As we could observe during the fighting in the Debaltseve area in 2015, Russia could have easily won then. And I very much doubt that NATO countries could have done as much then as they are doing now to help Ukraine».
      All the world’s media deliberately mislead us by inventing sophisticated stories about bad Russians and heroic deeds of Ukrainians…But not a single fact about Russia’s alleged atrocities against civilians has been proven. By the way, the tragedy in the city of Bucha is a dramatization of the special services of Ukraine before the visit of high-ranking officials from the EU.
      When the world finds out the truth, it will be too late. Look at what is happening with your country’s economy… And this is just the beginning of a great catastrophe. Understand, Putin will not stop. During the 22 years of his rule, Putin has not made a single geopolitical mistake, and the Russian economy, as noted by leading world analysts, has achieved outstanding results, even despite unprecedented sanctions.
      P.S.It is obvious that Putin did everything possible to avoid this war…But who really needed an escalation. Guess who?

    1. News media reported that in this speech Putin was total drunk
      Media said while he was doing the speech he was hold a glass of champagne 🥂 he was swaying side to side drunk in this state military ceremony award
      he admitted while drunk to have strike Ukraine this another crime on the list admitted by him self
      He was talk nonsense but aware that his losing the war , he show to be drunk and weak , like no one ever saw him in this state before

    2. @Alpheus Nong News media reported that in this speech Putin was total drunk
      Media said while he was doing the speech he was hold a glass of champagne 🥂 he was swaying side to side drunk in this state military ceremony award
      he admitted while drunk to have strike Ukraine this another crime on the list admitted by him self
      He was talk nonsense but aware that his losing the war , he show to be drunk and weak , like no one ever saw him in this state before

    3. @Alpheus Nong His brain is completely gone
      He performed a mocking comedian speech 🎤while hold a glass of champagne and was total drunk swaying side by side media said

    4. @Alpheus Nong Nice of you to completely forget the shelling of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, and Myloliav beforehand. The Russians have been focusing on attacking civilian infrastructure since the start of the invasion. Good Christ, they literally admitted as much on state TV during the early days of the war.

  6. “The most important sign of victory for the Russian people is their cruelty full of sadism.”
    – Maxim Gorky

    “Ah, how hard it is to live in Russia, in this place full of the stench of physical and moral deception, a place of wickedness, lies and wickedness.”
    – Sergei Aksakov

    “The Russian is the biggest and most naughty liar in the world.”
    – Ivan S. Turgenev

    “A people who hate freedom, worship slavery, love chains on their hands and feet, defiled physically and morally… ready at any time to defile everything and everywhere.”
    – Ivan C. Shmeliov

    “People regardless of their smallest duty, the smallest justice, the most insignificant truth, the people who do not recognize human dignity, do not generally recognize human freedom or free thought… Alas, how sharp the Russian language is!”
    – Aleksandr Pushkin

    “We are not a nation, we are a crazy hell.”
    – Vasyli Rozanov

    “A nation that roams Europe and is looking for something to destroy, to simply dust everything.”
    – F. M. Dostoevsky

    “We are not a people, but cattle, rats, wild hordes of villains and murderers.”
    – Mikhail Bulgakov

    1. @Alexander Pepkin The only Nazis are the ones BEHAVING LIKE NAZIS and thats RUSSIANS.
      And everyone knows this except brainwashed morons and Putins little Lapdogs

    2. @Stonefish13 в оригинале В русской литературе в стихах великих писателей и поэтов серебряного века . Ты не найдешь ничего из выше сказанного . Человеку свойственно услышать Ровно то что Ему хочется Услышать . Мы тут не Варвары , друг мой .

    3. Daan Description  Not ALL Russians are barbarians. But what do you have to say about those Russian soldiers stealing washing machines and even bath tubs? And how about those who r@pe and kill women and children? People of ANY nation who do that ARE barbarians!

    4. LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT PUTIN.

      Nothing personal, just facts. I was pretty tired of this war and decided to sort it out…
      In 2013, before a coup d’etat took place in Ukraine, Putin asked the then President of Ukraine, Yanukovych, not to use force against protesters..

      In 2014, when the Ukrainian army was encircled in the Donbas, Putin called on the separatists to release the AFU soldiers from the “cauldron” and exchange prisoners.

      In 2014, realizing that the conflict could escalate into a fratricidal war, Putin proposed a plan to resolve the crisis in Ukraine “Minsk 1”. The peace initiatives assumed the cessation of offensives by all armed formations in the Donbas, the withdrawal of all troops to a safe distance from populated areas, international control over the observance of the ceasefire, the refusal of Ukraine to use military aviation against civilians, the exchange of prisoners under the “all for all” scheme, as well as the opening of humanitarian corridors.

      In 2015, Putin actively supported the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier who proposed a special procedure for the entry into force of the law on the special status of Donbass, provided for by the Minsk agreements.

      In 2015, in order to resolve the crisis in Ukraine as soon as possible, Putin proposed to sign the Minsk 2 supplementary agreement, where the obligations of the parties to the conflict were spelled out in more detail.

      In 2017, Putin proposed to deploy a UN mission on the contact line in the Donbas to ensure the safety of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission staff. Later, Putin did not rule out that such a mission could be located throughout the conflict, but with the consent of the proclaimed republics of Donbass.
      (!!!) On December 15, 2021, Putin warns NATO against unleashing a war and offers to discuss with the United States the draft treaty on security guarantees and an agreement on measures to ensure the security of Russia and NATO countries. But his initiative is ignored.

      At the beginning of 2022, Ukraine is concentrating 170 thousand troops on the border of Donbass, and in mid-February begins artillery preparation for the offensive. Putin understands that it will not be possible to avoid war, decides to counterattack. At the same time, Putin forbids the military to shoot at civilian objects and, if possible, at industrial infrastructure, which greatly hinders the progress of the military.
      It is obvious that Putin had no plans to seize Ukraine. If he wanted to, he could have done it in 2014, when there was a favorable environment. This is confirmed by all military analysts and in particular Angela Merkel:

      «The Minsk agreements of 2014 were an attempt to give Ukraine time. They used this time to become stronger. As we could observe during the fighting in the Debaltseve area in 2015, Russia could have easily won then. And I very much doubt that NATO countries could have done as much then as they are doing now to help Ukraine».
      All the world’s media deliberately mislead us by inventing sophisticated stories about bad Russians and heroic deeds of Ukrainians…But not a single fact about Russia’s alleged atrocities against civilians has been proven. By the way, the tragedy in the city of Bucha is a dramatization of the special services of Ukraine before the visit of high-ranking officials from the EU.
      When the world finds out the truth, it will be too late. Look at what is happening with your country’s economy… And this is just the beginning of a great catastrophe. Understand, Putin will not stop. During the 22 years of his rule, Putin has not made a single geopolitical mistake, and the Russian economy, as noted by leading world analysts, has achieved outstanding results, even despite unprecedented sanctions.
      P.S.It is obvious that Putin did everything possible to avoid this war…But who really needed an escalation. Guess who?

    5. & “…”Never trust a Russian, because Russian does not believe even to themselves”. Otto von Bismarck

  7. What a nice person, smiling and drinking champagne, while he left millions of innocent people without power and heating in the winter.

    1. @Joel Lee many Russians and other eastern Europeans have a combination of battered wife syndrome and a religiosity aspect towards the former Soviet Union. I’ve privately spoken to many eastern Europeans who have a low-key sense of disappointment that Russia is so weak. So behind closed doors people’s perceptions are distorted

  8. This, and other pieces of news like it just makes my heart sink….All of this suffering (and incomprehensibly much more) just for one mad-man narcissistic dreams of grandeur.
    I hope that the Ukrainians win back their autonomy and freedom as soon as possible – and Putin make a suitable end.
    And Putin’s comments about this war as well the actions of the Russian soldiers in this war now have long since entered the arena of absurdities – and can really only make sense to a brainwashed Russian who spend their entire day being indoctrinated by Russian state-sponsored propaganda-media channels.
    Freedom and peace to Ukraine.

  9. Did he actually say “our neigbouring country”, or is that a mistranslation. That’s a massive admission if he did say it, Putin didn’t even recognise Ukrainian nationhood 9 months ago.

    1. @David Reynolds, he did say “neighboring country”. I saw this clip without voice over and I understand Russian since childhood (living in another neighboring country)

    2. why is he holding champagne during this rambling? Is it for demonstrating that he isn’t on 20 different medications and allowed to drink alcohol?

    1. The invasion was all Ukraine’s fault, all they had to do was be a neutral force in Europe rather than turn on their brother nation and oppress Russian speakers within Ukraine’s borders.

      Z💪🏻🇷🇺

  10. “Ukraine started it by blowing up a bridge 8 years after we annexed parts of it and 7 months after we launched a full scale invasion.” Russians are funny people man. Funny people.

    1. @Charles Burnham How long have you got for it to be explained.
      I suggest you look at the facts from independent sources
      The fact you are getting news from CNN means you don’t know what this conflict is about or what’s happening or has been happening and what role your country has played in this bloodbath.

    2. @jill maltby And how many towns and cities and schools and hospials and women and children and elderly people did you kill and blow up before that. Do you realise how many crimes you have committed to date. How are you going to face God with all this blood on your hands.

    3. @What’s next?   just like Russia Invaded georgia uh? Cut the bullshit will ya. Putin wanted Ukraine but needed a excuse.

    4. @Kathryn Carlstrom I agree it’s not funny and Ukraine has a long history of bitterreally hating Russia it started with stolen trying to kill them by starvation

  11. Actually he started it by attacking the Ukraine in the first place. P.S> Vlad, when you strike at someone you should expect them to strike back at you.

    1. They know, and the others should not cry when they strike even harder. They can turn up the pain knob for Ukrainians at their will at this point. Sad but fact.

    2. @Ashish Patel Genuine question, aside from nuclear weapons, how else can they “turn up the pain.” Cause at the end of the day, continued military action within the borders of Ukraine has led to more and more death on the Russian side, with what seems like extremely diminishing realities of the civilian population and military forces of the Ukranians collapsing. Like- strategic bombing in places like Vietnam and Korea failed epicly for the West, and in this case the Ukranians can rely on the mass donations of energy supplies by the Western world and Asian allies like SK, Japan, and Australia. Again, counting the fact that escalation on the Russian side means more missiles, which have at this point failed to cause mass destruction of the civilian populace in terms of casualties due to lack of heat, and the continued lack of genuine movement on the ground at a price the Russian people can stomach in the long term- I’m confused on how Russia can reasonably turn the so called knob at this stage.

  12. Who started this war? Russia started this war, Ukraine have no reason to take any blame for defending their homeland. All the blame for everything that happened and is still happening is squarely on the shoulders of Putin and the Russian people.If they don’t like what is happening they can leave ALL of Ukraine tomorrow and it will all stop.

    1. ​@kyalo kamina Yes pleassssse pray that the criminals go back home before more of their son are turned into fertilizer – The Russian Criminals are shameful in the whole world (minus Belarus, North Korea and a few other joke countries) embarrassing

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