'All of Ukraine is ours': Putin makes another statement filled with imperial delusions
Photo: Vladimir Putin, Russian President (Getty Images)
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, laid claim to the entire territory of Ukraine, explaining this by saying that Ukrainians and Russians are supposedly "one people," the head of the Kremlin made this statement during the St. Petersburg Economic Forum.
Putin was asked how far the Russian army might go in the context of the war against Ukraine, since Russian soldiers are entering territories of those Ukrainian regions that Russia has illegally claimed as "its own."
"You mentioned the regions in Ukraine that we consider ours. I have said many times already that I consider the Russian and Ukrainian people to be one people, actually. In that sense, all of Ukraine is ours," the President fantasized.
He claimed that Russia 'has never questioned" the rights of the Ukrainian people to independence and sovereignty. But Ukraine supposedly became independent and sovereign based on the principles of non-alignment, non-nuclear status, and neutrality.
The head of the Kremlin also cynically added that Russia has an "old rule: wherever the foot of a Russian soldier steps, that is ours."
Putin wants all of Ukraine
In May, US President Donald Trump stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to occupy the entire territory of Ukraine.
The American leader emphasized that Moscow must abandon such plans.
At the same time, in June, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Pavlo Palisa noted that Russia wants to occupy Ukraine up to the Dnipro River and take control of Odesa.
