Putin Says NATO Rearmament Not a 'Threat' to Russia
- On June 19, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted that Russian troops avoided attacking civilian locations, despite extensive damage and casualties reported in Ukraine.
- This statement came as Russia’s full-scale offensive, launched in February 2022, enters its fourth year amid stalled peace talks and escalating attacks.
- Putin dismissed Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s proposal for an in-person peace negotiation, while Moscow insists that Kyiv must give up additional land and end its reliance on military aid from Western countries.
- Putin said Russia holds the strategic battlefield advantage and claimed NATO’s increased defence spending is not a threat, adding, "we are self-sufficient in ensuring our own security."
- At least 28 people died in Russian strikes on Kyiv the day before, underscoring ongoing conflict despite Moscow’s refusal of ceasefires as NATO plans to raise defence budgets to 5% of GDP.
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Putin dismisses Nato buildup as no threat to Russia, vows more gains in Ukraine
MOSCOW, June 19 — Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that Nato’s push to ramp up defence spending was not a “threat” to Russia, days before the alliance was set to sign-off on a plan to boost its military capacity across Europe. In a late-night press conference, the Russian leader also said his troops would not stop pushing forward in Ukraine and sought to undermine his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. The Western military alli…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin says a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy would only happen at a final phase of negotiations "so as not to sit there and divide things up endlessly, but to put an end to it".
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