“We will never return,” warns Vladimir Putin in his New Year’s address
The Russian president assured on Sunday that his country “will not give in.”[ait] “Never,” he said in his New Year’s address. “We have proven time and time again that we can solve the most difficult tasks and that we will never give in, because no force can divide us,” he said.
Although Vladimir Putin did not directly mention the conflict in Ukraine that began almost two years ago, he made several allusions to it, such as paying tribute to the soldiers, “our heroes.”
But unlike last year, when the president appeared flanked by soldiers in uniform, this time, against the traditional backdrop of the Kremlin, he announced that the year 2024 would be that of the “family”. In 2023, “we resolutely defended our national interests, our freedom and our security, our values,” he said in the speech, broadcast for the first time in the Russian Far East, taking into account the different time zones from Moscow.
The president assured that Russia, which is in “a historic phase,” will be “even stronger” next year.