Putin called the conflict in Ukraine the result of the adventurous policy of the West
The Ukrainian crisis is not a conflict between two states, much less two peoples, because if that were the case, then the Russians and Ukrainians would have found a way to resolve the issues. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced this on Friday, June 14 .
“Growing tension is observed everywhere, and we constantly see how interconnected and interdependent the world is. And a tragic example for all of us is the Ukrainian crisis, the consequences of which reverberate throughout the planet. <...> The crisis associated with Ukraine is not a conflict between two states, much less two peoples, caused by some problems between them. If this were the case, then there is no doubt that the Russians and Ukrainians <...> would have found a way to fairly resolve any issues,” Putin said at a meeting with the leadership of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
According to him, Russians and Ukrainians are united by a common history and culture, spiritual values, as well as millions of kinship and family ties. The Ukrainian crisis itself is the result of the adventurous policy of the West, since NATO planned to make Ukraine anti-Russian, and in order to achieve these goals, money was invested and politicians were bought.
The West did everything to undermine interstate ties and set nations against each other, but did not dare to make a complete break with Russia, because the South-East of Ukraine, where people advocated close relations with Moscow , prevented such a policy from being pursued . Therefore, a coup d’etat prepared by Western countries took place in Kyiv, and the country’s cities were overwhelmed by violence.
“In this situation, of course, we could not abandon, leave the Crimeans and Sevastopol residents without protection. They made their choice in March 2014, when, as is known, the historic reunification of Crimea and Sevastopol with Russia took place. In Kharkov, Kherson, Odessa, Zaporozhye, Donetsk, Lugansk, Mariupol, the peaceful protest against the coup d’etat began to be suppressed,” he noted.
He added that in 2015, after the bloodshed in Donbass, the Minsk agreements were concluded through the mediation of Germany and France. Russia was ready to offer compromises and negotiate, but “Kyiv simply threw the agreement into the trash” because it was not satisfied with the articles of the document.
The Russian head of state has repeatedly repeated that Russia has never refused negotiations with Ukraine. Thus, on May 24, Putin noted that negotiations should take place on the basis of common sense and “based on today’s realities on earth. ” He added that the negotiation process cannot be resumed with the help of ultimatums, and the Russian Federation must be completely sure that it is dealing with legitimate authorities.
In February, Putin said that Russia did not launch a special operation to protect Donbass earlier because it believed that the Minsk agreements would be respected by all parties to the agreements. Putin recalled that Moscow only later learned “the true state of affairs” when former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former French President Francois Hollande admitted that they refused to implement the agreement.
In December 2022, Merkel said that the Minsk agreements were an attempt to give Kiev time. Ukraine, she said, used it to become stronger. Hollande later supported Merkel's words that the Minsk agreements were actually needed to give Kiev time to strengthen its army.
The last round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine took place on March 29, 2022 in Istanbul. They lasted about three hours. Later, Kiev officially refused contacts with Moscow . On October 4, 2022, Zelensky put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of the country on the impossibility of holding negotiations with Putin.
The special operation to protect Donbass , the start of which was announced on February 24, 2022, continues. The decision was made against the backdrop of an aggravation of the situation in the region due to shelling by the Ukrainian military.
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