ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin made the following comments at a plenary session of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday. Putin spoke in Russian.

United States President Donald Trump said that Iran's key nuclear sites were “completely and fully obliterated” by US strikes. Trump Tehran against carrying out retaliatory attacks against the US, saying Iran has choice between “peace or tragedy".

The U.S. military struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, inserting itself into Israel’s effort to decapitating Iran's nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict.