Putin: 'No One Needs Russia But Us' as He Accuses NATO of Targeting Moscow | APT

Russia is virtually the only country to stand in opposition to the so-called collective West in the form of the well-known North Atlantic Treaty Organization, known as NATO. After all, all NATO countries without exception are making every effort and doing everything in their power to organize these hostilities against Russia, to wage, as they believe, a war against Russia that has been launched with the aim of securing a victorious outcome. No one has ever managed to inflict such a decisive final defeat on Russia, because our people, as you rightly said, are united across nationalities and understand their responsibility to future generations, to our children and grandchildren. There are quite a few young people sitting here, and you, God bless, will also have grandchildren and so on future generations. We must think about this. No one else needs Russia but us. Only we are able to defend it, strengthen it, and create the conditions for its confident development. Everyone comes to us and joins forces, including in terms of intellectual contributions. We must acknowledge that NATO countries are highly developed in terms of technology and science. They have a highly developed economy. They are trying to inflict a strategic defeat on us. They tried. Now they realize that this is impossible. This is a task that cannot be accomplished. They went too far. They rushed things when they announced it publicly. Some even joined NATO to get a slice of the pie. If there were no cameras, I'd show you what they'd achieve in this situation with that gesture you all know so well. They won't achieve anything. We need to stay one step ahead. There are a lot of them. A whole lot of them. And we are one. A united multinational force. One. And we should not merely respond to the challenges they set before us, but stay one step ahead, step by step. Not as fast as we would like, but we are still moving forward every single day. Every day. Gradually, gradually, gradually, we will regain control of our territory. It will be so. We will achieve this. There can be no doubt about it. And there is only one piece of advice we can give to our enemies. Do not fight Russia. Never try to do so. Let us live in peace and resolve all problems together through negotiations. But these are supposed to be negotiations, not ultimatums addressed to us which they were still trying to impose on us. Now there are no ultimatums. They agree to negotiate. Yes, we agree to negotiate, but only taking into account our national interests, to improve our capabilities and develop and strengthen them. We will do so. We have just been discussing Starlink, a sound technology and low-capacity satellite constellations. This technology exists. It needs to be developed. I have just been speaking to some scientists and manufacturers, and there are other capabilities that the enemy does not possess. There are many things the enemy lacks but which we possess, and there will be more and better. As for the B-class aircraft, we can see that the enemy is expanding the use of this military equipment to address a specific issue. The aim is to disrupt Russian society, to inflict psychological damage on us, to sow confusion amongst the Russian people, and to cause economic harm. They will not succeed. It is clear that this is a matter of particular concern to us. There are several tasks we must address. First, we must strengthen the country's air defense systems, various systems. I will not go into detail now. Yes. Experts are aware of this: to operate at different altitudes with different targets to neutralize and so on. We are doing this and we will continue to do so. That is the first point. Secondly, as far as the economy is concerned, of course, we are suffering damage, but we are recovering quickly. They will not be able to cause us serious problems, but we must respond to them as best we can. We will do this and we will step up our strikes on the enemy's infrastructure so as to deter them from attacking our civilian facilities, and they will not be able to break our society or cause us economic damage. In any case, they will not succeed in achieving their objectives. And we will do it. And we will do it with more and more opportunities that we can create. They are a serious threat and will only grow once this drone threat has been overcome. If I am not mistaken, correct me if I am wrong. There are sometimes firefights as well. The enemy is more or less weakened. As far as I understand, they rely on these drones. And in fact, this is one of the most important tasks. This is what the industry is engaged in. This is what your commanders, the Ministry of Defense, and other departments, including civilian ones, are engaged in. But in addition to this, we have already talked about this many times. This is what all our experts across the country are engaged in. All over the country, I have tried to ensure this. And the Ministry of Defense has taken this on board so that we do not hold anything back, so that there is no excessive bureaucracy, so that everything of value that emerges receives support and appropriate funding. And this is what is happening. I would like all this to happen as soon as possible. But in any case, progress is being made in this direction, and this also applies to the state defense order. Of course, the most demanding items are procured and purchased within the framework of the state defense order. This is what we will do next. And our manufacturers and the defense industry are also working, and working effectively.