Russian President Vladimir Putin’s key statements on the special military operation made at a meeting with Russian Navy servicemen:

▪Russia did not start the war, but responds to Kiev’s actions that are supported by the West

▪Kiev is publicly reviving the Nazi ideology

▪The current Ukrainian regime is based on the ideology of extreme nationalism and neo-Nazism

▪The enemy will be crushed and Russia will win

▪ Russia was forces to begin special military operation, which will end sooner or later

▪ Russia was only guarantor of Ukraine’s territorial integrity, but Kiev declared Moscow its enemy