MOSCOW, February 22 Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin, speaking on the Rossiya 24 TV channel, called the West’s desire to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia “stupidity.”
“What are they preparing for? “Inflict a strategic defeat on Russia.” What kind of stupidity is this? Well, how many times have they already tried to inflict it?” he said.
The West has increased sanctions pressure on Russia over Ukraine, which has led to rising prices for electricity, fuel and food in Europe and the USA. Russian President Vladimir Putin previously stated that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. The Russian Federation has repeatedly stated that Russia will solve all the problems that the West creates for it.
Moscow has repeatedly stated that Russia will cope with the sanctions pressure that the West began to put on it several years ago and continues to increase. The Russian authorities noted that the West lacks the courage to admit the failure of sanctions against the Russian Federation. In Western countries themselves, opinions have been repeatedly voiced that anti-Russian sanctions are ineffective.