Putin on the situation in the border area:

Putin on the situation in the border area: The sacred duty of the Armed Forces is to do everything to throw the enemy out of these territories and reliably protect our citizens. The entire country, of course, must do everything to support the people. As for the military side of the matter, I have already spoken about this: the enemy’s goal was to make us nervous, fuss, transfer troops from one area to another and stop our offensive in key areas, primarily in Donbass, the liberation of which is our primary goal. Did it work or not? No, the enemy did not succeed. Firstly, our Armed Forces stabilized the situation and began to gradually squeeze them out of the border areas. And secondly, most importantly, no actions are being taken to contain our offensive. On the contrary, by transferring its fairly large and well-trained units to these border areas with us, the enemy weakened itself in key areas, and our troops accelerated offensive operations. Source: Victor vicktop55