MOSCOW, January 1. /TASS/. c Vladimir Putin is certain that the West will not succeed in its attempts to destroy Russia.
"The essence of the problem is not in Ukraine, but in those who are trying to destroy Russia with Ukraine’s hands. They will not succeed. This is ruled out absolutely," he said at a meeting with military personnel at the Vishnevsky hospital.
"I think that the awareness of this is gradually growing and the rhetoric (in the West - TASS) is changing," Putin noted.