If the West brings Russia close to strategic defeat, Moscow is ready to resort to the most extreme measures.

Axar.az reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin said these words in Hanoi when answering the journalists' question about whether he is ready to resort to extreme measures and use nuclear weapons in case of a strategic defeat in the war with Ukraine.

"For Russia, this means the end of its statehood. This means the end of the thousand-year history of the Russian state. I think it is clear to everyone. And the question arises: why should we be afraid? Isn't it better to go all the way? This is elementary formal logic."