"Understand the" Paper Tiger ": Putin answered Trump's statements and boasted success in Ukraine

To spread: the Russian President commented on the statement of the President of the United States, who, speaking to the military, called him a "paper tiger" for the second time and stated that he was fighting in Ukraine for the fourth year, although he should handle in a week.

"If we are fighting with the whole block of NATO and are so confident, and at the same time we are a paper tiger that then NATO is the most important thing to be confident, and we are confident in ourselves," Putin said, speaking at the plenary session of the XXII meeting of the International Discussion Club. Putin stated that the Russian army controls 2/3 of Kupyansk, and also went to Pokrovsk, Konstantinovka and Siversk and "hold the initiative throughout the front line".

"It is better to think about how to negotiate," Putin said. According to him, all NATO countries are now fighting with Russia and they are not hidden already. "We are fighting, we are producing military equipment. And we are fighting a lot of countries with us. All NATO countries are fighting us. They are no longer hiding it," Putin said. And at the same time he reported that not only ethnic Russians are fighting on the side of Russia.

Because, in his opinion, "Russian soldiers" are all who "love Russia and serves it. " "When I say the Russians, I do not mean ethnic Russian people who write" Russian "in the passport. In this connection, the words of Peter I. Petro I said:" The Russian is one who loves Russia and serves her, "Putin also said. But he was a "Russian soldier". There is probably some sense. It sounds somewhat aggressive, "Putin said.