West preparing Ukraine for big conflict without restraint: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Western countries have been preparing Ukraine for a big war long before the start of Moscow’s military operation there and have admitted it.
On Tuesday, Mr Putin said this in his address to Russia’s Federal Assembly, adding that the West has been preparing Ukraine for the conflict “without restraint.”
“The U.S. and NATO rapidly established their military bases and secret biological laboratories near the borders of our country. They were learning to act on the theatre of future military operations during maneuvres, preparing the Kyiv regime, which is controlled by them, Ukraine, which they had enslaved, for a big war, and they admit it today,” said the Russian president. “They publicly admit this without restraint.”
Mr Putin also stated that the West had trained Ukrainian troops and shipped weapons and military equipment to Kyiv long before Russia started the military operation in Ukraine.
“And I want to specifically emphasise that Kyiv and the West had negotiations on deliveries of air defence systems, fighter jets, and other military equipment to Ukraine long before the start of the special military operation,” Mr Putin added.
According to him, Western elites are not concealing the goal to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia and “once and for all” end the country.
“The Elites of the West are not concealing their goal to inflict like they are saying – it is a direct quote – a strategic defeat on Russia. It means to end us once and for all. So they intend to turn a local conflict into a global confrontation,” the Russian president stated.
Mr Putin also stated that the West has been trying to accelerate the process of turning Ukraine into “anti-Russia” since 2014, indoctrinating Kyiv with Russophobia and aggressive nationalism.
“People who used to dive into history for a little bit know well that this project (‘anti-Russia’) dates back to the 19th century,” he explained. “It was nurtured in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in Poland, and other countries for a single purpose, which is to strip our country of historic territories that are called Ukraine today.”
According to Mr Putin, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the West is not abandoning attempts to “incite” the former Soviet countries.
(Sputnik/NAN)
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