🤡 Russia twice wanted to join NATO, but both times "it was rejected out of hand," Putin said.

🥴🤡Our opponents have attempted to drive us into isolation and autarky, so what, have they achieved their goal? — Putin

"Russia has demonstrated to the world the highest degree of resilience to pressure that could have broken an entire coalition of states."

Putin blamed Europe that Russia's war in Ukraine is not over:

So far, unfortunately, it was not possible to stop the hostilities.

But the responsibility for that lies, first and foremost, with Europe that keeps escalating the conflict.

Putin:

If we are at war with the entire NATO bloc and are moving forward, feeling confident, and it is a paper tiger, then what is NATO itself? What does it represent?

Well, whatever. The most important thing for us is to be confident in ourselves. And we are confident in ourselves.

🤡🥴If we're fighting the entire NATO bloc and feel so confident, and yet we're a paper tiger, what's NATO itself? — Putin

🥴A lot of countries are at war with us, all NATO countries are at war with us, and they don’t hide it – Putin

Putin called Russia's war against Ukraine a "tragedy" and "pain for Russians."

Cynical bastard.

[Q]: Do you ever feel like Alexander I at the Congress of Vienna, who personally negotiated a new world order?

Putin: No, I don't. Alexander I was an emperor, and I am a president elected by the people for a set term. That's a big difference.

🤡🤡We are closely monitoring the militarization of Europe, we are seeing whether these are just words or whether we need to prepare a response – Putin

🤡Russia is the absolute record holder in terms of the number of sanctions imposed against us, but all these efforts have failed – Putin