Moscow, Russia:
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday vowed that Moscow would accomplish all targets it has set for itself in Ukraine, in its third yr of battle.
“The reality is on our facet. All targets set shall be achieved,” Putin mentioned in a video message launched to mark the second anniversary of what Russia calls “Reunification Day” when Moscow annexed 4 Ukrainian areas.
After it despatched troops into Ukraine in February 2022, Russia annexed the areas of Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. It doesn’t totally management all territory in these areas.
In his deal with, Putin repeated his justification for sending troops into Ukraine as defending Russian audio system towards a “neo-Nazi dictatorship” that aimed to “minimize them off ceaselessly from Russia, their historic homeland”.
He additionally slammed “Western elites” who “turned Ukraine into their colony, a navy base aimed toward Russia” and who fanned “hate, radical nationalism… hostility to every part Russian”.
“As we speak we’re preventing for a safe, affluent future for our kids and grandchildren”, he mentioned.
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