"The answer will be tough." What Putin discussed with the generals

 Increasing international tension, the development of advanced technologies and the modernization of the army - at an expanded meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense, Vladimir Putin listed the main military threats to the country and outlined ways to further develop the Armed Forces. According to him, Russia is ready for any challenges, but there is still a lot to do for national security.
On the expansion of NATO

The West has been accusing Moscow of preparing an invasion of Ukraine for several months without evidence and threatening tough sanctions. In parallel, Washington and Brussels are pumping up the APU with modern weapons and deploying military infrastructure near the Russian borders. According to the President, the Kremlin is particularly concerned about the deployment of elements of the American global missile defense system in Eastern Europe.

"What is happening now, the tension that is developing in Europe, is their fault," Putin said. — At every step Russia was forced to respond somehow, at every step the situation was constantly getting worse and worse, degraded and degraded. Today we are in a situation where we have to decide something. I want to emphasize again: we do not require any special, exclusive conditions for ourselves. Russia stands for equal and indivisible security throughout the Eurasian space."

The Head of State stressed that the expansion of NATO to the east is a consequence of the euphoria of the victory of the collective West in the Cold War and the incorrect analysis of the situation in the international arena. Putin warned that Moscow would react harshly to unfriendly steps and take military-technical measures adequate to threats. In particular, for the military development of Ukraine by the North Atlantic Alliance.