٠٠:١٣:١٨Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that the Ukraine conflict would end in months if the US stopped arming Kiev, at a meeting with the leadership of world news agencies in St Petersburg on Wednesday.
"If you want to stop hostilities in Ukraine, stop supplying weapons, and these actions will stop within two or three months. That's it. That's the first thing. Second. We urge people not to interfere with a possible peace process," the president said, noting that he had sent a letter with the message to US President Joe Biden earlier.
Putin went on to strongly refute Western claims about Russia intending to attack NATO countries.
"You've made up that Russia wants to attack NATO. Have you all lost your minds? Are you as dumb as this table? Who made that up? It's nonsense, you know? Bullshit," the Russian leader emphasised.
Germany and the US recently announced u-turns on allowing Kiev to hit targets inside Russia last week. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had repeatedly called for allies to lift any restrictions on the use of the weapons, while the UK has previously defended Ukraine's right to use military aid in any way it chose.
On Thursday, Stoltenberg also reiterated that he saw no 'imminent military threat' to any NATO allies.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Conflict would end in 'two to three months' if US stops sending arms to Ukraine - Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that the Ukraine conflict would end in months if the US stopped arming Kiev, at a meeting with the leadership of world news agencies in St Petersburg on Wednesday.
"If you want to stop hostilities in Ukraine, stop supplying weapons, and these actions will stop within two or three months. That's it. That's the first thing. Second. We urge people not to interfere with a possible peace process," the president said, noting that he had sent a letter with the message to US President Joe Biden earlier.
Putin went on to strongly refute Western claims about Russia intending to attack NATO countries.
"You've made up that Russia wants to attack NATO. Have you all lost your minds? Are you as dumb as this table? Who made that up? It's nonsense, you know? Bullshit," the Russian leader emphasised.
Germany and the US recently announced u-turns on allowing Kiev to hit targets inside Russia last week. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had repeatedly called for allies to lift any restrictions on the use of the weapons, while the UK has previously defended Ukraine's right to use military aid in any way it chose.
On Thursday, Stoltenberg also reiterated that he saw no 'imminent military threat' to any NATO allies.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that the Ukraine conflict would end in months if the US stopped arming Kiev, at a meeting with the leadership of world news agencies in St Petersburg on Wednesday.
"If you want to stop hostilities in Ukraine, stop supplying weapons, and these actions will stop within two or three months. That's it. That's the first thing. Second. We urge people not to interfere with a possible peace process," the president said, noting that he had sent a letter with the message to US President Joe Biden earlier.
Putin went on to strongly refute Western claims about Russia intending to attack NATO countries.
"You've made up that Russia wants to attack NATO. Have you all lost your minds? Are you as dumb as this table? Who made that up? It's nonsense, you know? Bullshit," the Russian leader emphasised.
Germany and the US recently announced u-turns on allowing Kiev to hit targets inside Russia last week. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had repeatedly called for allies to lift any restrictions on the use of the weapons, while the UK has previously defended Ukraine's right to use military aid in any way it chose.
On Thursday, Stoltenberg also reiterated that he saw no 'imminent military threat' to any NATO allies.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.