Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, has issued stern warnings to countries who may want to interfere in the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Confiance News gathered from Putin’s speech on the conflict.
“No matter who tries to stand in our way or all the more so create threats to our country and people, they must know that Russia will respond and the consequences will be such as you have never seen in your entire history.”
“No matter how the events unfold, we are ready. All the necessary decisions in this regard have been taken. I hope that my words will be heard,” Putin warned.
Confiance News recalls that the armed conflict in Ukraine first erupted in early 2014 and quickly transitioned to a long stalemate, with regular shelling and skirmishes occurring along the front line that separates Russian- and Ukrainian-controlled border regions in the east.
More so, on February 24, during a United Nations Security Council meeting to dissuade Russia from attacking Ukraine, Putin announced the beginning of a full-scale land, sea, and air invasion of Ukraine targeting Ukrainian military assets and cities across the country.
However, Biden declared this attack “unprovoked and unjustified” and has since issued severe sanctions in coordination with European allies targeting four of Russia’s largest banks, its oil and gas industry, and U.S. technology exports to the country. The United Nations (UN), G7, European Union (EU), and other countries continue to condemn Russian actions and vow to respond.
Confiance News gathered that since Russia launched a full-scale military invasion into Ukraine on February 24, 2022, there have been more than *50,000 estimated number of casualties in Ukraine and 1.5 million internally displaced persons.
Yet Putin has stood his ground.
*Data source: Cfr
