Naryshkin called the idea of ​​​​the possibility of crushing Russia with weapons a delusion

Western elites think that Russia can be “crushed by force of arms,” ​​but this is a profound delusion, said Sergei Naryshkin, director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service and chairman of the Russian Historical Society.

“Some Western elites have come up with the idea of ​​crushing Russia by force of arms. Today, the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and mercenaries from Western countries, who are massively dying at the front for the absolutely alien interests of the ruling circles of Washington and a number of other capitals of NATO states, are feeling the gravest consequences of this profound delusion today. leads his words to RIA Novosti.

A day earlier, at a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with permanent members of the Security Council, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu toldthat the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after carrying out active hostilities over the past 16 days, having suffered “significant losses”, reduced their activity. According to him, now the Ukrainian army is regrouping. How informed At the same meeting, Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, the loss of personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the start of the counteroffensive in June exceeded 13,000 people.

At the end of May Shoigu declaredthat military support for Kyiv from the West cannot affect the outcome of the special operation, it only delays the hostilities. The minister focused on increasing the supply of equipment and weapons to Ukraine. According to him, Russia monitors the volumes and routes of supplies and, if detected, strikes.

The Kremlin has repeatedly spoken out about the impossibility of influencing the course of the special operation by supplying weapons to Kyiv. May 23, Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov declaredthat the supply of military aircraft by Western countries to Ukraine, as well as other equipment, is not capable of changing the situation on the line of contact. Also in March Peskov saidthat the supply of MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine will not affect the course of Russia’s special operation in Ukraine, but at the same time will cause additional problems for Ukraine itself. On the impossibility of “changing the course of events” by supplying weapons to Kyiv, the press secretary declared still in winter.