The press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin continues.
Anton Vernitsky:As you, as president, you can calm me and my little son and all people who are afraid of nuclear war. Today, some media outlets are already considering specific examples of nuclear strikes.
Putin:There are features of today. This is the collapse of the system of deterrent weapons. This is the US withdrawal from the ABM Treaty. We were forced to respond. And we hear that Russia has an advantage. Yes ... There are no such systems yet in the world. Now they are taking a further step - the exit of their DSDP. But if in Europe there will be American missiles? How do we respond? Let be then do not squeakthat we achieve some advantages. We ensure our safety. Same under the START Treaty. The danger is also in the use of non-nuclear ballistic missiles.
Next, the president specified. According to him, if the rocket was launched, the system does not know whether it is nuclear or non-nuclear. According to the president, everything is on the verge of a mistake.
Putin:Imagine a Pacific submarine blasted out of the Pacific Ocean and hell knows herin nuclear it’s performance or non-nuclear. Well, I hope that humanity has enough intelligence.
A question from a journalist for the newspaper Izvestia, who was first presented as a journalist from Ukraine:
Do you think that the Ukrainian provocation in the Kerch Strait was a success? And according to Russian citizens arrested in the US - But, Butina. Perhaps, according to the Chinese scheme - to respond with arrest to arrest.
The journalist RT also specified the same question.
The president noted that the journalist himself had raised the topic of provocation. According to him, the provocation really succeeded - Poroshenko's rating slightly increased - to the 2-3 place. The head of state noted that the Ukrainian servicemen were obviously sent with the intention that they died.
Putin:
And I see displeasure in the Ukrainian ruling circles about the fact that they (the military) did not die.
Then the floor was given to the journalist from Ukraine - the UNIAN information service.
Tsimbalyuk:How much money do you spend on occupied Donbass? Under the terms of the exchange: Do you need Russian citizens or not? You say you are also afraid of nuclear war. Don't you think that there will be no dialogue until you leave your post?
Putin:This is the Ukrainian authorities imposed a blockade of the Donbass. This is the Ukrainian troops every day shoot at their own countrymen.
According to the president, Russia provides humanitarian aid to Donbas only to ensure that these people "are not completely crushed there."
How to resolve the situation? Who will remain in power, who will not? It's not about personalities, it's about relations to people. Ukraine is our trading partner. The turnover is growing even this year. Is this not strange? No, not strange. These are traditional ties. As long as the russophobe is in power in Kiev, the situation will not change, regardless of who sits in the Kremlin. And questions on the exchange can be solved after the completion of the criminal case.His question was asked and Japanese journalists. The question concerned a peace treaty.
Journalist: We are interested in how many islands we will get under this agreement: 0, two, four. You also ask questions: why give the island? We are also talking about the deployment of US missile defense in Japan, the American contingent. Do you think that issues of this nature can be solved when talking with Japan, or for this you have to negotiate with the US
According to the president, there are already American bases in Japan. Putin noted that Russia does not yet understand the level of sovereignty of Japan. The Russian president added that the governor of Okinawa is against the US military presence, and the people are against. But still the bases are there.
Putin:What will happen after the signing of a peace treaty, we do not know. By the way, we do not believe that missile defense is a defensive
weapon. This is a US weapon that can work with shock complexes. But we will continue to discuss the conclusion of a peace treaty.
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