President Vladimir Putin said that what was at stake in Ukraine was Russia’s very existence as a state. | Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits aviation plant in Ulan-Ude, Buryatia republic, Russia March 14, 2023. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS
MOSCOW –President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that what was at stake in Ukraine was Russia’s very existence as a state. Speaking at length to workers at an aviation factory in Buryatia, some 4,400 km east of Moscow, Putin expanded on his familiar argument that the West was bent on pulling Russia apart.“So for us this is not a geopolitical task, but a task of the survival of Russian statehood, creating conditions for the future development of the country and our children,” he said.
Putin has accused the West of using Ukraine as an tool to wage war against Russia and inflict on it a “strategic defeat”. The United States and its allies say they are helping Ukraine to defend itself from an imperial-style invasion that has destroyed Ukrainian cities, killed thousands of civilians and forced millions to flee their homes.
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