Russia previously wanted Joe Biden to win the US presidential election but now it supports Kamala Harris over Donald Trump citing her "infectious" laugh, said Russian President Vladimir Putin during the 9th Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Thursday (Sept 5).
Putin also said Ukraine's Kursk incursion was aimed at slowing the Russian advance in Donbas but it had failed to do so as Kyiv had simply weakened its forces along the rest of the front.
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Putin also said Ukraine's Kursk incursion was aimed at slowing the Russian advance in Donbas but it had failed to do so as Kyiv had simply weakened its forces along the rest of the front.
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00:00As for the favorites, it is not for us to determine, this is still the choice of the American people.
00:11And, well, I said, we have a favorite, if I may say so, was the current President, Mr. Biden.
00:21He was removed from the race, but he recommended to all his supporters to support Mrs. Harris.
00:30And we will do the same, we will support her.
00:33This is, firstly, and, secondly, she is so expressive and exaggeratedly laughing that it means that everything is fine with her.
00:48Trump has introduced so many sanctions and restrictions against Russia that no president has introduced them before.
00:58And if everything is fine with Mrs. Harris, then maybe she will refrain from such actions.
01:05Or will they be replaced?
01:06In the end, the choice is up to the American people, and we will respect this choice.
01:15We must unite the sacred duty of the armed forces, do everything to throw the enemy out of these territories and reliably protect our citizens.
01:26Well, and the whole country, of course, must do everything to support the people.
01:31As for the military side of the matter, I have already talked about this.
01:35The enemy's goal was to make us nervous, to fuss, to transfer troops from one area to another and to stop our offensive in the key areas,
01:50primarily in Donbass, the liberation of which is our primary goal.
01:55Did it work out or not? No, the enemy did not succeed.
01:59First of all, our armed forces stabilized the situation and began to gradually push it out of the border areas.
02:07And second, and most importantly, there are no actions to restrain our offensive.
02:16On the contrary, having transferred our large and well-prepared units to these border areas, the enemy weakened itself in the key areas, and our troops accelerated the offensive.