Excerpt from President Vladimir Putin's speech at the meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission 💬 Some European leaders openly state that they are preparing for war with Russia. In my view, they are simply trying to shore up their declining ratings by covering up failures in economic and social policy. But instead of stopping and listening to their citizens, who have made it clear in elections that they do not want any war with Russia, these leaders continue to escalate the situation. They are also using the situation in Ukraine for this purpose [...] Anything is being used to justify excessive spending on the war in Ukraine. One of the main arguments is the alleged threat from Russia. Russia has no aggressive intentions towards European countries. We simply have no grounds for this. We are ready for cooperation and for restoring relations with our European neighbours. en.kremlin.ru/events/preside…