Vladimir Putin admitted that the million shells that the West is going to supply to Ukraine is a lot, but the main NATO countries produce 14-15 thousand shells every month, and the Ukrainian armed forces use up to 5 thousand shells per day. “Of course there are threats. When arms are supplied to a country with which we have a conflict, it is really a threat,” he said.
At the same time, he pointed out that the Russian military-industrial complex is developing and expanding at a rapid pace. “And over the same period, the Russian industry will produce three times more ammunition, even more than three times”, assures the head of state.
Putin added that the Russian Federation will produce more than 1,600 tanks per year, and the total number of tanks in the Russian Federation will be more than three times the number of such equipment in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, the president stressed that there would be no excessive militarization of the economy. “We are building our economy in such a way that we do not allow excessive militarization. We are all our plans in the field of civil engineering, health, even education, infrastructure development – we are not reducing anything. Nothing! And to them (west. – Note . “RG”) will have to be reduced,” he said.
The president called the countries that supply Kiev with weapons “warmongers”. According to him, they are only prolonging the conflict in Ukraine.
Putin also said that Moscow and Minsk had agreed that, without violating international obligations on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, they would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. He clarified that there was nothing unusual here – the United States uses a similar practice. “The United States has been doing this for decades. They have long since placed their tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of their allied countries, the NATO countries, in Europe,” the head of state said.
“And when and under what conditions can the weapon itself be transferred?” asked the reporter. “But we don’t transmit,” Putin replied. “The United States doesn’t transmit to its allies. We’re basically doing everything they’ve been doing for decades. They have allies in certain countries and train their carriers and train their crews. We’re going to do the same. That’s is exactly what Alexander Grigoryevich (Lukashenko. – Approximately “RG”) asked for.”
Russia will apply American practice – Washington has kept its nuclear weapons on the territory of NATO allies for decades, preparing aircraft carriers, training crews, but not transferring control
Vladimir Putin.We are building our economy in a way that does not allow excessive militarizationAnother hot topic is the investigation into the Nord Stream explosions. Putin believes that it no longer makes sense for Russian specialists to participate in the examination of the object found on the gas pipeline, since, according to Denmark, the situation is not explosive. The President of the Russian Federation also said that he fully agrees with the conclusions of the investigation by American journalist Seymour Hersh, according to which the Nord Stream explosion was organized by American intelligence services. "One day, probably, it will finally be revealed what was done and how," he said.Vladimir Putin, moreover, spoke about the purpose of the trip to Mariupol: to see how the restoration works are going, and also to find out the mood of the people. After all, "it's one thing when you see it on paper or on screen", another thing when you see it in person.
