The United States cannot simultaneously call for Russia’s defeat and conduct a dialogue on strategic stability. This was stated by Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
“The United States and the West, on the one hand, are calling for Russia’s strategic defeat, and on the other hand, intend to allegedly and want to hold talks with us on stratstability,” he said at a meeting with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Putin stressed that Washington will not be able to do that.
The Russian leader also said that Russia has always opposed the deployment of nuclear weapons in space.