According to Reuters report, Russian President Putin delivered a speech on the 7th local time, criticizing the West for decades of attacks on Russia. He warned that if the West wanted to defeat Russia on the battlefield, it was welcome to try, but it would "bring tragedy" to Ukraine .
reported that Putin made the above remarks on the eve of Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov’s participation in the closed-door Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20) held in Indonesia on the 8th. This will be the first face-to-face meeting between the Russian Foreign Minister and those who oppose the so-called Russian "invasion" of Ukraine since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Reuters stated that Putin said in a televised speech to the leaders of the Russian Parliament on the 7th: "We have heard many times that the West wants to fight us until (only) the last Ukrainian is left. This is very important to the Ukrainian people. It is a tragedy, but everything seems to be moving in this direction."
Putin said that the West's attempt to contain Russia failed. Although the sanctions have created difficulties for Russia, they "have not reached the expected scale." Putin also said that Russia has not rejected peace talks, but the deeper the conflict, the harder it will be to reach an agreement.
