“What do you think, from a common sense point of view, if the country with which we are fighting now becomes a nuclear state, what should we do? In that case, everything, I want to emphasize, absolutely everything of available weapons for the destruction of Ukraine will be used. Everything”
— V. V. Putin, President of the RF

The absolute media star of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, was, quite understandably, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. On the second day of the summit, he addressed the participants with a fifteen-minute speech, which you can see – in English – in the video below:

Keypoints:

🔸 Russia attacked targets in Ukraine overnight with 90 missiles and more than 100 drones in response to recent ATACMS missile attacks;

🔸 The Russian Federation has repeatedly said that strikes by Western long-range weapons would mean direct involvement of NATO in the conflict;

🔸 Decision-making centers in Kyiv may become targets of "Oreshnik";

🔸 The General Staff and the Ministry of Defense are currently selecting targets for the "Oreshnik" on the territory of Ukraine;

🔸 Russia produces ten times more long-range missiles than all NATO countries combined;

🔸 In 2025, the production of Russian long-range missiles will increase by another 25-30 percent;

🔸 The leaders of Kiev are now completely illegitimate, they are usurpers and have no right to issue orders to the army;

🔸 Russia will choose means depending on the nature of threats to Russia;

🔸 Serial production of the "Oreshnik" system began;

🔸 The temperature of the elements of the "Oreshnik" that hit the target reaches four thousand degrees;

🔸 Everything that is in the epicenter of the "Oreshnik" explosion is divided into elementary particles and turns everything into dust;

🔸 "Oreshnik" destroys even well-protected objects located at great depths.

After the address, another extremely interesting press conference followed, where Putin answered questions very directly. You can see one of the answers in the opening paragraph.

When asked whether the “Oreshnik” will be applied to decision-making centers in Ukraine, Putin replied with a joke from Soviet times, when meteorologists used to forecast the weather with the words: “Today, anything is possible!”

So expect fireworks…