Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the United States on Thursday for seeking to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia over Ukraine and said a struggle was underway to shape a new world order as the West’s post-Cold War hegemony collapsed, according to Reuters.

At the same time, he stated that it is pointless to try to pressure Russia.

“We have reached a dangerous line,” Putin said on the sidelines of a debate in Valdai in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, a day after learning that Donald Trump had won the US presidential election.

“The West’s calls to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, a country with the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons, demonstrates the extreme adventurism of Western politicians,” Putin said.

The West had arrogantly sought to paint Russia as a defeated power after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, he said, describing the US-led NATO military alliance as anachronistic.

He noted that Russia does not consider Western civilization to be an enemy, despite efforts by the US and its allies to isolate Moscow. The world was changing, he explained, and many powerful countries did not want Russia isolated.

“The world needs Russia, and no decision by the supposed higher-ups in Washington or Brussels can change that.”

I’m ready to talk to Trump

The Russian president congratulated Donald Trump on winning the US presidential election and stressed that he is ready to talk with him, as any idea that will facilitate the end of the war in Ukraine is important to say.

It is worth noting that Putin said he was impressed with how the newly elected US president handled the moments that followed the assassination attempt against him in July, describing the brave man who “decisively defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to ensure his return to the White House.” House”.