Putin on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: It Didn’t Happen

Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine was talked about earlier this year, but it never happened, Putin says. Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the statements about the possible invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, which sound this fall, RIA Novosti writes on Tuesday, November 30. “Look, they talked about the possible deployment of Russian troops to Ukraine earlier this year... But, as you can see, that didn’t happen...The point is not whether to introduce troops there or not, to fight or not to fight. But the point is to build relations to create a more equitable sustainable development and to take into account the security interests of all participants in international activities. If there is sincere desire for this, then no one will experience any threats,” Putin said. Putin also warned Ukraine with a response to the possible emergence of missile strike systems threatening Moscow. “If there are any strike systems on the territory of Ukraine, the flight time to Moscow will be 7-10, and in the case of placing hypersonic weapons - 5 minutes... And what should we do? Then we will have to create something similar in relation to those who threaten us. Can you imagine? And we can do it now,” Putin said. In addition, he once again stated NATO approaching the Russian borders. “Relations between Russia and the Western community, the collective West, in the 1990s and early 2000s were almost cloudless. Why was it necessary to expand NATO to our borders? Really, why? Who can answer this question? There is no sound answer,” Putin said. Earlier, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg described Russia’s military power build-up near the border with Ukraine as inexplicable and unjustified, and called on the Russian Federation to “reduce tensions.” Корреспондент