In his recent article On the Ukrainian topic, Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly openly stated that he lays claim to the entire territory of Ukraine and will not tolerate its independence.
Former adviser to the Russian President Andrei Illarionov, who emigrated to the United States, spoke about this on the UkrLife Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to Illarionov, President Putin is raising the stakes and now Russia will use all means to eliminate Ukraine.
“Putin’s criteria for Ukraine, which had never been expressed in this form before Geneva, are an independent internal policy of Ukraine, an independent foreign policy of Ukraine, an independent policy of Ukraine in the field of internal security. Thus, the very fact of Ukraine’s independent existence is demonstrated in detail by Putin as unacceptable. And this is not only the claims that he has made for Ukrainian lands not for the first time, saying that Ukrainian territories belonged to one or the other, belonged to Russia,” Illarionov said.
“No matter how disgusting and aggressive these claims are, these are claims to part of the territory of Ukraine. What this article contains is a claim against the very existence of the Ukrainian state. And therefore he says that those who will pursue, literally literally, an independent domestic policy, an independent foreign policy, an independent policy in the field of national security, will lead to the liquidation of the country. I said this a little in my own words, but the gist of it is this: this is one of the last paragraphs of this article,” noted Putin’s ex-adviser.
“That is, thanks to Biden’s support, Putin is raising the stakes. He does what he didn’t do in ’14, he does what he didn’t talk about either in ’13, or in ’14, or in subsequent years. Today he publicly, openly and very loudly declares that the existence of a sovereign, independent, independent Ukrainian state is unacceptable to him. And he directly threatens that he will use all means to liquidate this state,” Illarionov said.