Putin says Russia won't launch new attacks on other countries 'if you treat us with respect'

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow would refrain from launching caller attacks connected different nations provided that his state is treated "with respect."

The Kremlin made the remarks during his yearly televised property league successful Moscow, arsenic concerns persist among European nations that Russia poses a information threat, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.

"Will determination beryllium caller peculiar subject operations? There volition beryllium nary operations if you dainty america with respect, if you observe our interests, conscionable arsenic we person perpetually tried to observe yours," Putin said.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his yearly quality league and call-in amusement astatine Gostinny Dvor, successful Moscow, connected Friday, Dec. 19, 2025.  (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Putin uses the operation "special subject operation" to picture Russia’s violative successful Ukraine, according to AFP.

He added that determination would beryllium nary further Russian invasions "if you don't cheat america similar you cheated america with NATO's eastward expansion," according to the BBC.

The Russian person besides claimed helium was "ready and willing" to extremity the warfare successful Ukraine "peacefully," though helium offered fewer details suggesting a willingness to compromise, the BBC reported.

PUTIN CLAIMS 'TROOPS ARE ADVANCING,' WILL ACHIEVE GOALS AS EU APPROVES MASSIVE UKRAINE LOAN

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to a journalist's question during his yearly quality league and call-in amusement astatine Gostinny Dvor, successful Moscow, connected Friday, Dec. 19, 2025.  (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

The yearly property conference, which typically runs astatine slightest 4 hours, features questions from journalists and members of the nationalist crossed Russia. 

More than 2.5 cardinal questions were submitted to this year's event, which focused heavy connected the warfare successful Ukraine, Reuters reported.

Putin besides noted during the lawsuit that the nation's "troops are advancing" and expressed assurance that Russia volition execute its objectives done subject means if Ukraine does not assent to Russia's presumption during bid talks, according to The Associated Press.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, acknowledgment a radical of volunteers who worked preparing his call-in amusement astatine Gostinny Dvor, successful Moscow, connected Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

"Our troops are advancing each crossed the enactment of contact, faster successful immoderate areas oregon slower successful immoderate others, but the force is retreating successful each sectors," Putin declared.

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As the warfare drags on, the European Union has conscionable agreed to supply Ukraine with a much than $105 cardinal loan.

Fox News Digital's Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report.