I find that relationship between what the Pentagon is advising the president based on intelligence versus the international pressure to be the really interesting part of the story,
(Putin) is trying to deeply destabilize the international rules-based order that protects us all, not just in every democracy around the world, but in all countries around the world,
Putin's war in Ukraine has been a massive failure – hundreds of thousands of casualties, a brain drain, a million Russians have fled, Sweden and Finland are now NATO members, the list goes on,
He makes these threats because he knows they work,
It is necessary to take all events in Ukraine and on the Ukrainian-Russian front very seriously, but I would not attach excessive importance to the latest statements from president Putin,
If we learn one lesson in this Russian aggression against Ukraine, it’s that we should not listen to Putin. He has been lying to us all the time,
Russia started this conflict. Russia illegally invaded Ukraine. Russia can end this conflict straight away. Ukraine has the right to self-defence.”
According to international law, one country is allowed to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity against the aggression of another how it sees fit,
I think that the Russian regime – and especially the president – usually does this when he doesn’t know how to respond – it’s usually just rhetoric,
Putin threatened the west before and he will continue to do so as long as these threats have an impact.”
We see more Russian attacks on civilian Ukrainian infrastructure, more hybrid actions against allies and more drones and missiles entering Nato airspace on the eastern flank – Latvia, Poland, Romania”.
They rather show the difficult situation the Russians have on the front,
The discussion about lifting the limitations on the use of the weaponry provided by member states is continuing. And we see the results of the discussion by individual decisions, by member states lifting these decisions. There is no EU-wide position on it – of course, it’s up to the member states who are providing the arms to Ukraine’s defence,
We've now seen this action of Russia acquiring ballistic missiles from Iran, which will further empower their aggression in Ukraine, so if anyone is taking escalatory action, it would appear to be Mr. Putin and Russia,
From day one, as you heard me say, we have adjusted and adapted as needs have changed, as the battlefield has changed, and I have no doubt that we'll continue to do that as this evolves,
The escalator here is Putin. Putin has escalated with the shipment of missiles from Iran. We see a new axis of Russia, Iran and North Korea,
My home is near the famous Gele mountain. It has about 2,500 solid steps and the peak is about 678 metres,
We estimate that over a million Gazans will go without food in September,
They are at war with our country."
Let's count on some strong decisions, at least... for us it's very important."