🎙 President Vladimir Putin’s answers to media questions following his state visit to Kyrgyzstan and the CSTO Summit (November 27, 2025, Bishkek)

Key points:

• There were no draft treaties on Ukrainian crisis resolution, only a set of questions proposed for discussion and eventual formulation. Overall, as I have said many times, before my visit to the US, before the Alaska Summit, we discussed this with the American negotiators, and afterwards a list of 28 possible points of agreement appeared. And, as I have publicly stated, it was passed on to us through certain channels and we studied it.

• There are issues where we genuinely need to sit down and discuss specific points, translating everything into proper diplomatic language. After all, it is one thing to make a general statement that Russia has no intention of attacking Europe – which, frankly, sounds rather absurd to us, as we never had such intentions. But if our partners want to hear this formally, we can put it in writing – we have no objections.

• We are certainly ready for such serious discussions. Next week, an American delegation is expected to arrive in Moscow.

Who represents Russia in these talks is obvious – the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From the Presidential Administration, Vladimir Medinsky, the Presidential Aide, is involved – he has dealt with this from the very beginning. For ongoing matters and to organize the whole process, my aide Yury Ushakov has also been engaged – he maintains contact with the American counterparts.

• Hostilities will cease once Ukrainian forces withdraw from the territories they currently occupy. If they refuse to do so, this outcome will be achieved by military means – plain and simple.

• Positive dynamics are being maintained across the entire frontline. Moreover, the pace of movement of our troops in all areas is noticeably increasing.

• The main problem for the adversary is that the gap is widening between their losses and the number of servicemen they are able to send to the line of contact. In October, their losses amounted to over 47 thousand. They conscripted – in fact, forcibly – around 16.5 thousand people, and returned roughly 14.5 to 15 thousand from hospitals. But when you calculate everything precisely, including decimals, they still end up with a deficit of 15 thousand. In the previous month, the deficit was 10 thousand – meaning the gap is steadily widening.

• Desertion in the Ukrainian armed forces is very high, and this is evident not only from our media or from the Defence Ministry’s reports – it is visible in Western media too. It is practically impossible to conceal.

• Hungary is a member of the EU, and therefore the Prime Minister of an EU country understands better how confiscation of Russian assets may affect the European currency. It is clear that it will have negative consequences for the global financial system, because trust in the eurozone will sharply decline and fall drastically. And against the backdrop of economic difficulties – where the locomotive of the European economy, Germany’s economy, has been in recession for the third year – this will certainly be a serious test, in my view.

• Signing documents with the Ukrainian leadership is pointless. I have spoken about this many times. I believe the Ukrainian leadership made a fundamental strategic mistake when it did not find the courage to face elections, which immediately deprived the president of legitimacy. Russia, despite being in an armed conflict with Ukraine, has held all its elections – presidential, and more recently municipal and regional. We conduct these processes, whereas they chose not to for some reason.

• We ultimately want to reach an agreement with Ukraine, but at present this is practically impossible – legally impossible. Let whoever can or wants to negotiate on their behalf do so.

What we need is for our decisions to be recognized internationally by the key global players.

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 On December 4-5, President Vladimir Putin will pay a state visit to India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

This visit carries significant importance, offering an opportunity to review the entire spectrum of the #RussiaIndia special and privileged strategic partnership – from politics, trade and the economy to science, technology, and cultural and humanitarian cooperation. Current international and regional issues will also feature prominently in the talks with the Indian delegation led by Prime Minister Modi.

President Putin will additionally meet with President of India Droupadi Murmu.

Following the talks, the Sides are expected to adopt a joint statement and sign a wide range of interdepartmental and business agreements.

#DruzhbaDosti

On December 4–5, Vladimir Putin will make a state visit to India at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

This visit is of great importance, as it provides an opportunity to discuss the entire extensive scope of Russia-India special and privileged strategic partnership in politics, trade and economy, science and technology, as well as cultural and humanitarian affairs, in addition to addressing current international and regional issues. All these themes will be the focus of the upcoming talks with the Indian delegation, led by Narendra Modi.

Additionally, the President of Russia will meet with President of India Droupadi Murmu.

Following the talks, a joint statement is expected to be adopted and an wide range of bilateral interdepartmental and business agreements are to be signed.

#FacesOfVictory

🕯 On November 29, 1941, Nazi invaders executed the legendary Soviet partisan Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, having brutally tortured her but failing to break her spirit and resolve.

In the first days of the Great Patriotic War, military commissariats received thousands of applications from Soviet citizens asking to be sent to the active army. In the midst of the Battle of Moscow, 18-year-old Zoya was among the volunteers.

In October 1941 she was assigned to Military Unit No. 9903 – a special reconnaissance-and-sabotage formation attached to the headquarters of the Western Front. There she underwent a training course in demolition and sabotage, covert movement, and intelligence gathering.

⚔️ On November 4, 1941, the group of reconnaissance fighters – Zoya among them – moved into the German rear.

The Red Army soldiers were tasked with disrupting enemy communications on the Volokolamsk direction. After successfully mining the roads near Yadrovo and Gryadnevo, the saboteurs received a new assignment: to disable key supply and communication points by setting fire to a number of local strongpoints that the Germans used as barracks, depots and radio posts.

One such locations was the village of Petrishchevo – a small settlement where the Nazis had placed elements of Wehrmacht radio intelligence, a combined communication hub, storage facilities and a temporary camp for troops preparing for the assault on the Soviet capital.

Zoya succeeded in carrying out part of the mission, destroying several buildings with incendiary bottles – including the communication hub of the German unit. But as she attempted to escape the village on the evening of 28 November 1941, she was captured by a German patrol.

Testimonies later collected by the investigative commission confirm that throughout the night the Nazis subjected Zoya to brutal torture: they beat her, kept her barefoot in the freezing cold and deprived her of sleep. Despite the pain and suffering, the 18-year-old partisan did not reveal her comrades, her unit or the group’s route. She did not even give her real name, calling herself “Tanya”.

▪️ On the morning of November 29, 1941, the Nazis executed Zoya – hanging her publicly in front of the residents of Petrishchevo whom they had forcibly driven to witness the killing. Contrary to the expectations of her executioners, Zoya faced death with courage, walking to the gallows with her head held high.

💬 Soviet war correspondent Pyotr Lidov described the last moments of the young partisan’s life as follows:

When the partisans were brought to the scaffold and a noose was placed around her neck, the girl cried out in a clear, ringing voice:
– Hey, comrades! Why so grim? Be brave, fight, strike the Germans, burn them, poison them!
A German standing nearby raised his hand as if to strike her or cover her mouth, but she pushed his hand away and continued:
– I am not afraid to die, comrades. It is a happiness to die for one’s people…
The photographer took pictures of the gallows from afar and close up and then tried to position himself to photograph her from the side. The executioners glanced uneasily at the commandant, who shouted to the photographer:
– Hurry up!
Then the girl turned towards the commandant and the German soldiers and continued:
– You will hang me now, but I am not alone – there are two hundred million of us. You cannot hang us all. They will avenge me…

Zoya’s body remained at the place of execution, abused by the Nazis until late December. Only on 1 January 1942 local residents were able to bury her beyond the edge of the village. Later, her remains were transferred to the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.

🎖 The feat of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya was immortalized in history as one of the earnest examples of the strength of the human spirit and devotion to the Fatherland.

The incredible courage displayed by the young partisan has inspired generations for over eight decades – Zoya’s name remains a symbol of unparalleled bravery, loyalty to duty and readiness to defend one’s country to the bitter end.

#Victory80

🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a question from the 'Moscow. Kremlin. Putin television programme' (Moscow, November 30, 2025)

❓ Europe has been acting so outrageously, demanding some sort of role in the talks. Can they even demand anything?

💬 Sergey Lavrov: It wasn’t really discussed.

We proceed from the premise (as also stated by representatives of the Presidential Executive Office, including Yury Ushakov) — which I believe is obvious to everybody — that Europe has already removed itself from the talks.

Europe spoiled the initial deal of February 2014, when it acted as guarantor for the formal agreement between Viktor Yanukovych and the opposition. It did nothing when the opposition seized all government agencies the morning after the agreement was signed.

Similarly, Europe undermined the Minsk agreements when the signatories, then Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and the then President of France Francois Hollande, subsequently admitted that nobody had intended to fulfil the agreements.

The most recent case occurred in April 2022 when, at the demand of then UK prime minister Boris Johnson and with Europe’s full acquiescence, if not connivance, the Istanbul agreements were derailed.

👉 Europe has used up its chances.

⚡️ Comment by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the Kiev regime’s terrorist attacks in the Black Sea (November 30, 2025)

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💬 On November 28, in the southern Black Sea off the coast of Türkiye, unmanned seagoing boats attacked and damaged the tankers Kairos and Virat, sailing under the Gambian flag and en route to the port of Novorossiysk; the following morning, the Virat was attacked a second time.

Furthermore, in the early hours of November 29, a similar attack by unmanned surface vessels took place within the seaport of Novorossiysk itself, rendering a VPU-2 mooring unit completely inoperable. This critical infrastructure belongs to the international Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which comprises fuel and energy companies from Russia, Kazakhstan, the United States, and several Western European nations.

The Kiev regime’s intelligence services have all but claimed responsibility for these attacks, publishing video evidence of the acts in Ukrainian media.

❗️ We strongly condemn these terrorist attacks and the actions of all parties involved in their planning and execution.

Our friends in the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs have already lodged a protest concerning this latest, third act of aggression against the CPC. Our Turkish partners have also expressed their concern over these events.

We must emphasise that the targeted civilian energy infrastructure plays a vital role in ensuring global energy security and has never been subject to any international restrictions or sanctions.

It is noteworthy that the terrorist attacks in the Black Sea on November 28 and 29 coincide with a large-scale corruption scandal in Ukraine – which has once again exposed the criminal nature of the junta that usurped power – and the subsequent resignations of high-ranking figures within the Kiev regime.

It appears that certain Western sponsors of Kiev are keen to redirect Ukrainian society’s attention towards these high-profile attacks on civilian targets. They are attempting to present a demoralised Ukrainian public with yet another illusory “victory” to obscure the crumbling front in the special military operation zone and the frankly dire condition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

We also see a direct link between these attacks and attempts to hinder ongoing international efforts to achieve a sustainable peace. <...>

The Kiev regime’s terrorist acts are a deliberate signal to those currently seeking a negotiated solution, including in the context of Donald Trump’s recent initiatives.

☝️ We call on all sober-minded parties to condemn the terrorist attacks committed in the Black Sea on November 28 and 29, which jeopardise the safety of navigation in this vital waterway, and to give a proper assessment of the destructive actions of the Kiev regime and its handlers.

🎙 Statement by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova regarding the remarks made by Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (December 1, 2025)

💬 We took note of the recent interview given by Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Giuseppe Cavo Dragone to The Financial Times. Discussing the bloc’s response to alleged “hybrid attacks” from Russia, he claimed that “a pre-emptive strike could be considered a defensive action”, and that the North Atlantic Alliance should supposedly act “more aggressively”.

We regard Admiral Dragone’s statement about possible delivery of pre-emptive strikes against Russia as an extremely irresponsible step, indicating the Alliance’s readiness to continue moving towards escalation. We consider this a deliberate effort to undermine efforts to resolve the Ukrainian crisis. Those making such statements must be fully aware of the risks and possible consequences – including for the Alliance’s own members.

❗️ NATO has long ceased to conceal its true goals and intentions. At the same time, the Alliance’s leadership somehow finds the audacity to accuse Russia of “bellicose nuclear rhetoric”, intimidation, and so-called hybrid attacks – without presenting any evidence whatsoever.

Against the backdrop of the anti-Russian hysteria being fuelled by NATO and its constant attempts to spread fear of an allegedly “imminent Russian attack” on NATO countries, such statements do not just add fuel to the fire – they seriously ignite an already existing confrontation.

Brussels likes to repeat the mantra about the Alliance’s “purely defensive” nature.

👉 Admiral Dragone’s self-exposing remarks about “pre-emptive strikes” put a bold line under this myth.

Late on November 30, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief made a visit to a command post of the Joint Force

🔹In his report, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov announced the liberation of Krasnoarmeysk in the Donetsk People's Republic as well as Volchansk in the Kharkov Region, also detailing the results of the offensive operations in other areas.

🔹Commander of the Centre Force Valery Solodchuk made a report on the progress in eliminating the Ukrainian Armed Forces group surrounded in the vicinity of the Krasnoarmeysk-Dimitrov agglomeration, announcing in particular that the southern part of Dimitrov was now under Russian control and also describing the situation in Krasnoarmeysk following the city's liberation.

🔹Commander of the East Force Andrei Ivanayev reported on the progress in liberating the Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions within the area of responsibility of his subordinate troops. In addition, Andrei Ivanayev announced his force reached the Gaichur river, and units of the 5th Combined Arms Army were now beginning the operation to liberate the city of Gulyaipole in the Zaporozhye Region. At the moment, the troops of the 5th Army are engaged in urban combat in the northeastern part of the city.

Vladimir Putin thanked the commanders and personnel of all the forces for their efficiency and tasked the officers with ensuring the troops have everything they need to continue fighting during the upcoming winter months.