the united states has gone into chaos, continues to go, because also, sergei serge, this means that someone must set the rules in the world, a world is impossible without rules, as such, if you look carefully, the world also needs a mediator, someone who sets these rules , today there are those centers of power that do not play according to concepts and not according to lawlessness, there is russia, there is china, these are the countries that... are quite capable of building these bridges, bridges that are called justice before just real international law, because many want not only law, but also justice, today london, brussels - this is not justice, this is reprisal. russia remains the country that can act as a mediator; they hear us and believe us. i would add to this that, of course, there is no way for the states to approve their game now, but in 1914, that’s what the president was talking about.

the fight against terror can only be fought by force; our cause is just and victory will be ours. let's give the floor to the news and see you again at 17:00. hello, it’s news time first, we’ll tell you about the most important events right now. and we begin with vladimir putin’s statement at an extended meeting of the board of the ministry of defense, where the supreme commander-in-chief summed up the activities of our armed forces this year and identified tasks for the future. the focus, of course, is on equipping the army and navy, as well as carrying out combat missions within the framework of the northern military district. the president noted that the outgoing year has been tense, but our fighters, soldiers, officers, commanders at all levels, courageously and professionally fulfilled their duty, the whole country is rightfully proud of them. this is unity.

leadership and personnel of the ministry of defense for their service, for the conscientious fulfillment of their homeland’s tasks. special words of gratitude to everyone who fought on the front lines, carries out difficult service in the zone of a special military operation, protects the skies of russia, repels raids of enemy air and sea drones, suppresses artillery shelling and sabotage attacks. groups in our western border regions, and of course, i will especially note the unprecedented support of our people, the support of the defenders of the fatherland, the patriotic spirit of the absolute majority of the country's citizens, the unity and cohesion of people of different nationalities and religions, this is a reliable, indestructible support for our army and navy, we will always be faithful to the cause for which we gave ours. ..

destroyed the myth of the invulnerability of the western military according to vladimir putin, the special operation equipment, despite the so-called support from the united states, wasted, as shown the situation on the ground, the initiative on the front line of the russian troops. means that you can relax, the west continues to wage a hybrid war against our country. recently, the activity of the nato military bloc as a whole has sharply increased. significant forces from the united states, including aircraft, have been deployed to our borders. the number of alliance troops in eastern nato has increased, and sweden is planned to join. in fact, this means the next stage in the alliance’s approach to our borders. let me remind you, we all know well, in

the ninety-first year they promised gorbachev, no, no, not an inch to the east, here you go, these are the partners. ruth is shameless, he is simply at every step, while the aggressive nature of the bloc is no longer hidden behind the defensive formulations of the organization, no one has canceled article 5, claims to global superiority are directly enshrined in us doctrinal documents. the west is not abandoning its strategy of containing russia and its aggressive goals in ukraine. well, we are not going to give up our goals of a special military... operation, assessing the current situation at ground, what we consider necessary, what we want , where necessary, where you, the commanders, in general, consider it advisable to come to the tactics of active defense, this is what happens, and

where necessary, we improve our positions, the enemy bears heavy losses and largely wasted reserves, trying to show their real... masters at least some result of their well-publicized, so-called counter-offensive. by the way, the myth about the invulnerability of western military equipment also collapsed. all attempts, as they said in the west, to inflict military defeat, strategic defeat, the courage and fortitude of our soldier were shattered, faced with the increased power of our armed forces. vladimir putin returned several times during his colleague’s meeting to what goal the united states is pursuing in its geopolitical game, the president emphasized that washington had previously been concerned about the rapprochement of our country with europe, a country like russia is not needed,

it’s too big, it needs to be divided into pieces, subjugated to itself, how they are subjugating europe in pieces, well, now i’ll tell you more about that, well so, in which... gradually, unfortunately, or not, we had no other choice, we had to get involved, at the same time we solved another quite important task for ourselves, which, therefore, defused the situation for ourselves, they were very worried about the rapprochement russia and europe, very much, they should be the masters there, they scared us all the time, now evil russia threatens you, i talked with many leaders, and they tell me why they united our leadership. says: if nato is there, if it’s in ukraine now, then russia will win, the next nato countries, then why do we need these nato countries? we never needed them, we never needed them, we don’t need them now , we won’t need them in the future, and why do they say that, to encourage them to pay money,

that’s what the united states is for, having solved its own problems current ukraine , having severed relations between russia and europe, in this regard , they... achieved what they wanted, unfortunately, we just couldn’t behave differently, or we had to give up everything, watch them chomping, eating everything in a row, our original russian, we couldn’t do that, they understood that we couldn’t act, but they did it on purpose, they deliberately dragged us and europe into this conflict, achieved their goal in this sense, pulled us apart. russia and europe are now shifting the burden of financial responsibility and payments onto europe. and the weak-willed, spineless , weak-willed, spineless generation of today's politicians in europe cannot resist this,

bearing in mind the colossal dependence in the media in europe, the final beneficiary is some american funds in three or four layers, that's all there all. overseas, and this influence on political life, from a young age, from their student days , the special services there acquire their supporters, we know this, and work with them, drag them, that means, to the european political olympus, so european citizens are beginning to realize , what is happening, therefore, in europe itself begins...

in general, it has been brought to 95%, and the naval components, almost to 100%, are on combat duty in the strategic missile forces by the end of the year . 15 launchers will be supplied submarine installations were received last week, i received krasnoyarsk a multi-purpose nuclear submarine and emperor alexander ii equipped with bulava ballistic missiles, the aviation component is being modernized, in particular four 260m missile carriers have arrived, it is necessary to continue to maintain the combat readiness of strategic forces at... the highest, conditionally, will be achieved, the achieved indicators in the re-equipment

of the nuclear triad are a benchmark for our work on conventional weapons and equipment, their supplies to the troops in comparison with last year increased threefold. it is expected that in general, the state defense order by the end of 2023 will be completed at a level of about 98%. it is necessary to continue sending troops with the most modern weapons. modern enemy. 650,000 military personnel received combat experience. today, the russian

army is the most trained and combat-ready in the world, having advanced weapons tested in combat conditions. our nuclear force is maintained at a level that allows us to guarantee strategic deterrence, despite sanctions, we are covering positions with fire ukrainian militants, within 24 hours, strikes in more than hundreds of districts. the vsso ammunition depot was destroyed, as well as the pelican air defense radar station, our fighters repelled eight enemy attacks in the kupinsky direction, here is footage of the combat work of units from this area. the scouts discovered the observation strongholds of the european union of ukraine in the forest belt, the coordinates were immediately transferred to the mobile crew, and the strike was an accurate hit on the target. in the donetsk direction, the enemy tried to attack russian positions three times, all times unsuccessfully, in the end suffered significant losses in equipment, including the loss of american artillery.

trade turnover between russia and china has grown by almost a third over the year, 90% of payments are made in national currencies, this task was set by the leaders of the state, it was solved ahead of schedule, mikhail mishustin spoke about this today in beijing, where he arrived on a two-day visit, tomorrow negotiations with chinese president sidzenping , and today is a meeting of heads of government. russian-chinese relations of comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction are at the highest level throughout its centuries-old history, they continue to develop dynamically, the main thing is to bring our trade and economic cooperation, investment cooperation to an even higher level to ensure a new quality. mutual trade turnover through diversification of its structure. we continue

to increase the share of national currencies in mutual payments and strengthen business contacts. in may, our joint russian-chinese business forum was held in shanghai, in which more than one and a half thousand entrepreneurs took part.