Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday accused NATO of taking sides in the Ukraine conflict by supplying weapons to forces in Kiev as Moscow’s offensive entered its second year. “They send weapons worth tens of billions of dollars to Ukraine. This is really participationVladimir Putin said in an interview on “Russia-1” TV channel, broadcast on Sunday. “This means that they participate, even indirectly, in the crimes of the Kiev regime– assessed the president of the Russian Federation.
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Western countries, he then asserted, “noonly one goal: to destroy the former Soviet Union and its main part, the Russian Federation“. “Only then, maybe they will accept us into the family of so-called civilized peoples, but only separately, each part separatelyHe added that on Thursday, on the eve of the first anniversary of the Russian attack in Ukraine, during the patriotic concert.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky again promised on Sunday that his country will restore Crimea, a peninsula that was annexed by Moscow in March 2014. A stated desire that has raised fears of an escalation of the conflict. “Nine years ago, Russian aggression began in Crimea. By restoring Crimea, we will restore peace. This is our land and our people, our history“, the President of Ukraine stated on Telegram.
A new counterattack
The US State Department, in turn, welcomed “Ukraine’s efforts (…) to draw global attention to the ongoing Russian occupation“. “The US does not recognize and will never recognize the so-called Russian annexation of the peninsula“, he added.
In an interview published on Sunday in the newspapers of the German regional press group Funke, the second number of Ukrainian military intelligence, Vadim Skibitsky, said that Kiev is preparing a new counteroffensive for the spring. “One of our strategic military objectives is to try to drive a wedge on the southern Russian frontfrom the country, Crimea, he said. “We will not stop until we return our country to its 1991 borders, this is our message to Russia and the international community.added Vadim Skibitsky.
He also considered possible Ukrainian bombings of military facilities in Russia, particularly in the border region of Belgorod, which has already been targeted several times. Ukraine has been insisting for months that the West should supply it with long-range missiles and fighter jets.
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