'Very strange': Putin's version of Ukraine's history baffles and concerns experts
Even seasoned Kremlinologists were alarmed by Russian President Vladimir Putin's belligerent tone as he offered a monologue on why Ukraine has no right to exist.
In a lengthy televised speech Monday, Putin formally recognized the independence of two regions in eastern Ukraine — the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” and “Luhansk People’s Republic.” He later ordered troops to roll over the border under the guise of being “peacekeepers.”
Putin made no attempt to hide his motivations.
He described Ukraine as “historically Russian land” that was stolen from the Russian empire and has since fallen into the hands of neo-Nazis and corrupt “puppets” controlled by the West. The Russian president reiterated his claim that Ukraine was subjecting Russian speakers to “genocide” — an assertion for which there is no evidence, and which international monitors on the ground reject.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/very-strange-putins-version-of-ukraines-history-baffles-and-concerns-experts/ar-AAUaGi6
He's lying.
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in the buildup to the invasion of Iraq. Pooty-poot saw them get away with it, and thought, "hmmmmm...." The rest, as they say, is history. Shock and awe, y'all, shock and awe!
