Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the air of the Russia 1 TV channel that the country had withdrawn its troops from Germany long ago, and the United States continues to occupy it.

“The Soviet Union once withdrew its troops and ended the actual occupation of the country. And the Americans, as you know, no. They continue to occupy Germany,” Putin said.

Earlier, the President of the Russian Federation said that Russian society must show consolidation in order to achieve victory in the special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine. According to him, when the enemy sees that Russian society is "strong, internally assembled, consolidated," "in this case, without any doubt," what "we are striving for" will happen. As the Russian leader noted, we are talking about both success and victory.

Putin also said on March 14 that nationalism in Ukraine had long been warmed up from the West.