Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed the West for provoking the war with Ukraine, in a State of the Nation address.
"Ukraine and Donbas have become a symbol of total lies," Putin said, accusing the West of withdrawing from "fundamental agreements" and giving "hypocritical statements" as well as expanding the Nato defence alliance and "covering us with an umbrella".
"I want to repeat: it is them who are culpable for the war, and we are using force to stop it," he said.
Putin’s speech came ahead of the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Friday.
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@fisher3317last yearBlaming the victim is a common behavior of abusers. 1011
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@Brenna_stubbslast yearThank you to the translator who did this it is really hard to translate live and i thank you so much for doing it. 527
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@yesyoucanTellmelast yearA muscovite here, even without a vpn, my little brother who' s barely thirteen years of age know what' s wrong with our government. I am so proud of him. 350
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@monkeymagic4555last yearThe look on near enough all of those faces in the room like. What the hell are you doing you vegetable state maniac! 15
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@hansspiegl8684last yearThank you for broadcasting the original speech - very interesting! 164
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@aleksmartini4last yearThose dudes taking note like they going to prepare for exam. 5
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@mannylugz5872last yearAudiences made sure they appear to agree and not near any windows. 14
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@radwulfeboraci7504last yearNot a single civilian, church, apartment building, school, or hospital on russian soil was hurt in the making of this war. Uncle vladdy. 160
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@Barnacl3_Boilast yearPlease do something about all of the russian bots in your comments section, bbc! 21
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@69lolast yearBro lives the example of manipulation & gaslight. 244
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@russbuttypennyblackbladelast yearIn the comments to german newspaper die welt, zelensky continued i do see an opportunity for china to make a pragmatic assessment of what is happening h . ...Expand47
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@samhull8382last yearThis confrontation has been a long time coming. 12
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@Mary-zm7gtlast yearDefinitely more going on behind the scenes than we are being lead to believe. 21
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@hankjones3527last yearMe: Why does everyone in the crowd look so nervous? Camera pans back to reveal many high windows. Me: Oh. 22
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@galaxyorbiterlast yearBasically russia had absolutely no choice at all. 18
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@abuanwplast yearThis is not a speech! this is how you convince your wife that your new camera will yield better photos for the family after she saw the amazon box in the front door. 61
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@ClementIVlast yearThe entire audience seems like they could be sitting next to a window in the 10th floor building. 29
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@nictenglast yearThis guy is amazingly delusional, i think he sincerely believes in his own alternative reality! let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. How true! 46
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@hanselmansell7555last yearHis high heels just don' t cut it on that massive stage. 45
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@Eadric_The_Wildlast yearHe has got to be taking the piss lmao " the russian cries in pain as he strikes you" 55
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@meathead2676last yearThese people don' t look worried, but very serious on their. 49
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@anatmoolmuang7965last yearThe audience doesn' t seem to be overly optimistic, or agree at least. perhaps they are more concerned with what poison they might get. 4
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@Zeppathylast yearIt' s hilarious how tiny that massive stage makes him look. 195
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@coldhj5443last yearJesus christ how are the russian bots so fast, god damn. 47
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@copyrightmsklast yearKey points from putin' s speech (googlerussia suspends its participation in the strategic offensive arms treaty. 2) if the us starts testing its nuclear weapons, then russia will ensure its readiness to test its weapons. 3) many thanks to all participants of the special military operation. Thanks to families, teachers, doctors. 4) the more long-range systems the west supplies, the further russia will be forced to move the front line away from russia' s borders. 5) thanks to the sanctions of the west, many places have been vacated for russian companies, these places should be occupied by russian companies. 6) more benefits for the it sector, including free housing for programmers. 7) support from the state of russia for families with children. Traditional values where mom and dad are. 8) western politicians are trying to rewrite history, but we know the truth. ...Expand24
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@donnilluminous66613last yearImpossible that everyone in that crowd is insane. They look like one of those people who get paid to go to a lecture because nobody wants to go. Look at that happiness. 28
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@h82faillast yearPutin: " we. Will settle the tasks we' re facing. " half the russians in audience visually react to thinkingwe are going to keep doing. 88
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@jasper5201last yearWow hes really pulling out all of the things out of the bag. 105
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@russbuttypennyblackbladelast yearFormer democratic presidential candidate tulsi gabbard warned, there is no way to win a nuclear war. There is only one end and that is a nuclear holocaust. S . ...Expand7
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@davidholmes2283last yearOh yeah, i remember now. All those nato soldiers and pilots driving those russian tanks and fighter jets over the border of ukraine. He is showing all. ...Expand58
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@RolandEBlast yearWeird vibe from the audience: like they' re waiting to hear what they' re supposed to act like they believe next. 28
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@sumosprojectslast yearAudience reminds me of my high school class trying to understand algebra. 107
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@tekheelast yearFinally, president putin admits its a war. 26
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@Daxsymbiotelast yearNearly everyone in the crowd looks terrified. 62
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@TheFurthest1last yearPeople sleeping in the audience will be mysteriously despairing in the next few days. 1
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@kjp1232last yearThe disgust on the faces of some of his own people says it all its in the eyes. 250
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@truetech4158last yearHe seems to behave like really thinks that the victims float off to a better place, or, he really seems to want you to think that. ..24
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@jsb331last yearIt' s like picking fights with the us is the only reason he wakes up in the morning. 41
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@gracykn1670last yearOne who never thinks of the unknown time left before closing the eyes ever crushes peace into pieces. It is, unfortunately, crushing the very peace of his own mind first. 5
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@stucrossland3719last yearWhat a fantastic speech, if only our leaders were this trustworthy. 23
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@astapikssslast year, . 1
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@gastervasrutwara2687last yearThe posture of the audience is very telling! The dont seem to believe the story! 22
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@potatomatop9326last yearPutin: attempts to erase ukraine from existance. putin: all your fault. 231
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@iHusklast yearPutin needs new material. He' s been saying this for like 3/4 of a year now. 54
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@Luca-zq5lolast yearThe punch line was absolutely brilliant! 18
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@junedrosolamlast yearHa! This only prove that putin is the real comedian! 1
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@Randy_Butternubslast yearGeorge santos and this dobby looking thing would be great friends! 1
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@maunasiliandergamba2387last yearAll of them look like theyre having a bad face day-scary how so many people can look so bad at the same time. 11
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@paulallen3884last yearmy man in the middle sums up the entire speech 59
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@godsdice473last yearThe jewish german foreign minister anna baerbock (with failed feminist foreign policy with undoubtedly an excellent trampoline talent) meant with her s " putin must change his policy 360 degrees so that the west submits to his i agree. ...Expand4
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@elqord.1118last yearRussia always had a good way of dealing with bad apples in their own ranks. I think it' s time they took this one behind the barn. 10
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@seng4christlast yearSince he' s the only speaker, he can say anyting he wants to say. Nobody can oppose him. 2
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@Acadian10last yearThe crowd claps on the spot at the end as they were told to do before they sat down for the speech. 31
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@ascgazz7347last yearZelenskyy started as a comedian and became a powerful president. putin, however, seems to be plotting the opposite course. 117
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@firstname4865last yearYou can tell what most people in the audience are thinking. 117
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@danshomron02last yearBetween 4. 28 and 4. 31, there is an old man resembling nikita kruschev taking a cool nap. Putin' s speech must have been a lullaby to him.
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@karenwoods5206last yearHe' s utterly deluded. For weeks he sent tanks to the ukraine borders and still denied any wrongdoing. Send in the sas ffs. Ukraine forever. 2
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@semiretired6033last yearIf you repeat your lies often enough you start believing their true. 6
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@scottkrater2131last yearLast time i heard a speech like this, it was in black and white, and i had a difficult time understanding it, since it was it german. 56
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@squirrel3269last yearThe most of the speech was dedicated to social and economic issues and measures. To increase social support of citizens and military officers. Meanwhile,. ...Expand19
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@user-zk2hl9ib9ulast yearIn total, since the beginning of the special military operation, russian troops have destroyed: 386 aircraft, 210 helicopters, 3, 213 unmanned aerial vehicles,. ...Expand1
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@lawsonporter6810last yearJust look at the faces on that audience! and where putler right hand? he absolutely fekn insane! 8
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@londoncalling1757last yearThis is going to be like his defense speech in the haig. 11
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@BarbaraDettorilast yearI would love to know what the people in the audience were thinking. 1
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@ring-tone278last yearMessage keep hearing: west must provide more military aid to ukraine. I dont know why anyone would support this regime with hard-earned taxpayers' money . ...Expand4
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@GeoffreyDash84last yearThe faces in the audience says it all. His speech is like his war effort, stagnant. 27
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@lorainer1263last yearDude we dont like bidens takeover either. 4
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@giraffeorganiclast yearPutin: " uh oh, they started this war, better throw my oligarchs out the windows now. " oligarch: " um, where is the logic in that? putin: " just stfu and jump out the goddamn window. ". ...Expand15
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@eunicedesouza8279last yearSomething smells if you have to justify your actions by blaming your victims. 94
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@internalpowers3823last yearLife in russia right now is amazing! Everything is hunky dory over there. Look at how happy they all are. . 24
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@akylrysgal6242last yearAs russian poet ivan krylov says in his famous fable the wolf and the lamb: always are the weak at fault before the strong. Sure, its ukraines fault that russia has invaded it. 17
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@terrylucas163last year80yrs ago. Look what happened. History does repeat itself. 9
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@reinemarais3937last yearSo very sad. When one looks at the presumably obligatory audience, most of the eyes are stone-dead or looking away. Every now and then, there is a spark. ...Expand31
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@boogiewoogie9770last yearWhy do russian' s always have such pained expressions on their faces? 1
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@bryanmoyna9715last yearI pity the people who had to listen and translate this load of bs. Thank you for your service. 14
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@williamhayes981last yearAll we had to do was sanction potato production in russia. 90% of their food industry and 100% of their alcohol manufacturing and distribution would collapsed. ...Expand1
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@olivervision2111last yearAh, so now puketin wants to escalate the conflict to war status, nothing suspicious about that. Lol. 6
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@Andyground11last yearThis edit and translation is quite horrible to be frank. A question to everyone: do you only have time for bbc' s 8 minute edit of the speech or do peace < 3. ...Expand2
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@russbuttypennyblackbladelast yearMax blumenthal, a journalist and the editor of the grayzone website, told the crowd thats not our war. Whether in ukraine or the war theyre planning over the straits of tawian, their war is not our war. 3
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@ionnanskilliorus6877last yearMouth of sauron at it again with the lies and projection. 8
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@jon81crowelast yearThis " he said" " she said" is comical. 3
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@Mnopthgggglast yearNo doubt, the audience are scared of him. Everyone should because if you doubt his move, you could end up falling from a tall building or long term jail. 33
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