Russia is ready to arm its allies says Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Moscow values its ties with countries in Latin American, Asia and Africa and that it is ready to offer modern weapons to its allies.
“(We) are ready to offer our allies the most modern types of weapons, from small arms to armored vehicles and artillery to combat aviation and unmanned aerial vehicles,” Putin said at the opening ceremony of the “Army-2022” forum near Moscow.
“Almost all of them have been used more than once in real combat operations.”
He was speaking nearly six months into Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin has been quite critical of the West in the recent past claiming the sanctions “blitzkrieg” against Moscow never had any chance of succeeding.
“If they are exceptional, then that means that everyone else is second class,” the Russian president said of the US. “They live in the past on their own under their own delusions.”
In his recent speech, delivered at the annual St Petersburg International Economic Forum in front of much of Russia’s political and business elite, Putin sought to reassure his country that the economy was capable of overcoming sanctions that he called “reckless and insane”.
“We are strong people and can cope with any challenge. Like our ancestors, we will solve any problem, the entire thousand-year history of our country speaks of this,” he said.
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