Vladimir Putin is unforgiving towards European heads of state. (archive image)Image: keystone
Vladimir Putin insults Western politicians. He only explicitly excludes one.
December 17, 2025, 10:45 p.mDecember 17, 2025, 10:45 p.m
Russian head of state Vladimir Putin made drastic comments about Western heads of state and government on Wednesday. According to media reports, at a meeting with members of his army, he called them “piglets”.
Putin left it open who he meant. However, he accused the Western heads of state and government of having acted meanly with former US President Joe Biden, who had started the war in Ukraine.
The Kremlin had previously surprised people with the vague suggestion that it was ready for the first time to negotiate a ceasefire in Ukraine about foreign security troops in the country.
Putin only praises Donald Trump
At the meeting with high-ranking military officials, Putin appeared unforgiving and demonstrated certainty of victory. This year alone, more than 300 towns in the neighboring country have been conquered, he claimed.
“These also include large cities that were transformed by the enemy into fortress nodes with permanent defenses.”
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Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump (archive photo): The Russian head of state is relying on the US President.Image: keystone
Russian troops invaded Ukraine in February 2022, which has been resisting the invasion with Western support ever since. In this context, Putin praised not only his own army, which had proven to be superior despite Western support for Kiev, but also his own arms industry. As an example, he cited successful tests of the Burevestnik strategic cruise missile and the Poseidon underwater vehicle, as well as the Oreshnik mobile medium-range missile, which is scheduled to be delivered to the armed forces by the end of the year.
At the meeting, Putin also once again praised US President Donald Trump. According to him, negotiations with the new US government are making progress. However, he once again blamed the “collective West” as a whole for the war against Ukraine that he had ordered. “Basically, the West itself started the war. We’re just trying to stop this.”