Says Western instructors are “actually taking part in combat operations”…

Speaking at the Valdai Discussion Group in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said his forces are advancing along the entire front in Ukraine, and warned that Moscow is now facing down all of NATO.

“All NATO countries are fighting us, and they’re no longer hiding it,” he said. “Unfortunately, there are instructors (in Ukraine), and they’re actually taking part in combat operations. A centre was created specifically in Europe, and it essentially supports everything the Ukrainian armed forces do. It feeds information, transmits intelligence from space, and supplies weapons and gives training.”

“The ruling elites of united Europe continue to whip up hysteria. It turns out that war with the Russians is practically on the doorstep. They repeat this nonsense, this mantra, over and over again,” he continued. “They can’t believe what they’re saying, that Russia is going to attack NATO?… They’re either incredibly incompetent if they truly believe it, because it’s impossible to believe this nonsense, or they’re simply dishonest.”

“We see that the current U.S. administration is guided primarily by its own interests, as it understands them. I believe this is a rational approach. But then, if you will excuse me, Russia also reserves the right to be guided by its national interests. One of which, incidentally, is the restoration of full-fledged relations with the U.S.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/putin-all-nato-countries-are-fighting-us-while-eu-leaders-whip-hysteria