The President of Russia, Vladimir Putinhas again charged against Western governments in his end-of-year speech, in which he accused the West of “lying about peace” while “preparing for aggression”with Ukraine as a supposed pawn in a broader conflict.
“They cynically use Ukraine to weaken and divide Russia“, has affirmed the Russian president, who instead of addressing the nation from the Kremlin, has recorded his speech from the offices of the southern military district, that is, together with soldiers who directly participate in the military offensive launched in February over Ukraine.
Putin has claimed that now the West “confesses without any qualms” that they did not seek peace and that in no case did they want to solve the “serious conflict” in Donbas, the eastern part of Ukraine where a separatist rebellion broke out in 2014.
“Really, They supported the neo-naziswho continued to carry out military actionsopenly terrorists, against the civilians of the people’s republics”, added the Russian president.
Putin, in fact, has stressed that the offensive that began in February was only intended to defend civilians that “for eight years they were victims of a genocide” by the Ukrainian authorities, according to excerpts of the speech collected by the official news agencies.
The broadcast of this speech has coincided with a new wave of air strikes on different regions of Ukraineincluding kyiv, where at least one person has died and several more have been injured.
“Sanctions War”
The Russian president has also charged against the “war of sanctions” started as a result of the invasion of Ukraine, although he has claimed the strength of the country against those who expected its “total destruction”.
Regarding the Russian soldiers who died in the framework of these operations, Putin has promised to help families to “raise their children”, giving them an education and helping them to have a job.