A lot of researchers were waiting in great anticipation that Putin would make a speech at 2 pm Moscow time Wednesday,Dec. 1st. He was to make a speech over 40 minutes ago. However. the following is the only speech so far that has been released to the public:

Putin demands NATO do deal to prevent further expansion toward Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he will request talks with NATO to ensure that the US-led military bloc does not creep closer to his country's borders, as Ukraine moves to allow Western troops into the country.
Speaking to a group of newly-arrived ambassadors in the Kremlin on Wednesday, Putin said that his country will “insist on guarantees being set out to exclude the possibility of NATO moving any further to the east, and deploying threatening weapons close to Russian territory.”

“I would like to emphasize that we need these to be legal guarantees,” the Russian president said, “given that our Western colleagues have not fulfilled their respective oral obligations. Everyone knows they made promises they wouldn't expand eastwards, but then they did the opposite. Legitimate Russian security concerns have been ignored and continue to be ignored.”

source:
https://www.rt.com/russia/541858-putin-demands-nato-deal/

Keep in mind this is on a back drop of Russian military equipment being moved closer to the Ukraine border, and 125,000 Ukrainian troops positioned on the eastern front, as they continue an offensive against the rebel territories.
And, the leadership of Ukraine has said in the last 24 hours that they were prepared to send missiles to destroy Russian nuclear plants.
The Russian leadership has said quite clearly that they will not tolerate having their red lines crossed. One of those lines is NATO placing nuclear missiles near the Russian borders which reduces the warning time for Russia to dangerous levels.

This is a very dangerous time for a possible breakout of war between the superpowers. Reagan signed agreements with Russia to not encroach on their territory and maintain a buffer zone with the nations between western Europe and Russian territory. The Whitehouse under Bush Sr. scrapped that plan and started placing missiles as close to Russia as possible after the Soviet Union collapsed. They also didn't abide by the joint nuclear weapons disarmament of outdated nukes. These blatant treaty reversals by the US government stated a new cold war with Russia. GE