# Putin says West failed to inflict strategic defeat on Russia

https://mins.news/en/item/121316

- TASS, 2026-10-29 18:47 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2210527

> At a press conference after the Russia-Africa Summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the West had failed to achieve its aim of inflicting a strategic defeat on Moscow and was unlikely to do so by 2030. He said Russia was prepared but did not want a war with Europe.

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