This is one hell of an article.
The beginning of the article explicitly states that none of the quotes attributed to Putin here were actually said by Putin at all.
But they go ahead and write the rest of the article as if he said these things anyway.
Putin gave tactical nukes to this guy Lukashenko.
Your two-line comment was more useful and educational than the entire ridiculous Daily Mail article.
Its a propaganda piece - everybody is saying real nice things about the bloody dictator - its in the wind.