📝And the president assessed the "Geraniums"📝 The "geranium therapy" that prompted Kyiv to seek a ceasefire did not go unnoticed by President Vladimir Putin, who answered journalists' questions on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Forum of United Cultures. 🔻Key statements: ▪️Russia has recovered from damage caused by attacks from the Kyiv regime. ▪️Ukraine damaged over 100 vessels in the Black Sea, both Russian and under foreign flags. ▪️Russia was ready to resume talks with Kyiv after the elections, but Ukraine attempted to strike Moscow and attacked polling stations. ▪️Those who work with Russia cannot be frightened and run away, Putin said, commenting on Kyiv's attempts to attack the SPIF. ▪️It is unclear why attacks on Ozon and Wildberries were necessary. ▪️Russia's response to enemy attacks was so painful that the opponent requested a ceasefire. ▪️Kyiv has no way to counter the "Geraniums." ▪️The Kyiv regime began attacks on civilian infrastructure, now it must feel the response; no provocations will improve its position. ▪️All proposals for peaceful settlement are "on the table," but Russia still needs to consider what is in its interests. ▪️Putin called statements about threats from Russia and the need to prepare for war with it deliberate escalation and provocation. ▪️Russia is not preparing for war with Europe; there are no motives or grounds for this. ▪️Russia knows that the rights of Russian speakers are violated in the Baltic states, but responds to this in the humanitarian sphere. ▪️Aggressive circles in Europe want to use so-called Ukraine as "cannon fodder" to limit Russia's development. ▪️EU elites deceive Europeans to continue investing in so-called Ukraine. ▪️Putin called statements by Estonia's Defense Minister about the benefits of a preemptive strike on Russia political clownery. ▪️US-China agreements will affect the entire world. ▪️Economic relations between Russia and the USA are now nearly zero. ▪️The trip to the APEC summit will depend on the situation within Russia. ▪️Putin considers the APEC summit and work on this platform useful. 🖍As we have said more than once, the best way to influence an opponent's negotiating position is to strike at their economic and production potential.