Russian President Vladimir Putin touted the country's economic growth and military progress in Ukraine during his annual news conference and call-in show. He emphasized a nearly 4% economic growth projection, acknowledging high inflation but asserting overall stability. Putin also claimed military advancement across the front line in Ukraine and pledged to restore damaged infrastructure.
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted about the economy and hailed his troops' gains in Ukraine during his annual news conference and call-in show Thursday, an event he uses to reinforce his authority and demonstrate sweeping control of the country’s political scene.
“The situation is changing radically, we are advancing along the entire front line,” he said, asking people in the audience to unfurl a banner presented to him by marines fighting the Ukrainian forces that launched an incursion into Russia's Kursk region. Meanwhile, journalists in the hall near the Kremlin wave colorful signs and placards as they try desperately to attract Putin’s attention.
Putin has declared that last month’s strike on Ukraine with a new hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile was a response to Western allies’ permission for Kyiv to use their longer-range weapons for strikes on Russia. He threatened that Moscow could launch more strikes on Ukraine with the new Oreshnik missile and warned it could also be used to target military facilities of the countries that allowed Ukraine to use their missiles for attacks deep into Russia.
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