LIVE. Putin delivers State of the Union address to Russian parliament: “West wants to weaken Russia from within” | War Ukraine and Russia

10:31

“Russia does not want to deploy weapons from space”

According to Putin, there are “unfounded accusations” that Russia is trying to develop weapons to be deployed from space.

He refers to allegations from the US that Russia wants to develop a nuclear weapon that can be launched from space and could disable satellites. “That’s just a lie to make us look bad. And you have to remember that for the past 15 years we have been proposing to curb the use of nuclear weapons. We have every possible reason to argue that the whole question of our pursuit of strategic hegemony is nothing but an illusion.”

10:28

“West wants to weaken Russia from within”

The West wants to weaken Russia from within, according to Putin. He immediately warns that he will not allow anyone to interfere in Russia’s internal affairs.

10:26

“Absolute majority of Russians support special military operation in Ukraine”

Putin further claimed that an “absolute majority” of Russians support the “special military operation” in Ukraine. He did not say where that observation came from.

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