In March 2021, a new Military Strategy was adopted in Ukraine. This document is almost entirely dedicated to confrontation with Russia and sets the goal of involving foreign states in a conflict with our country. The strategy stipulates the organisation of what can be described as a terrorist underground movement in Russia’s Crimea and in Donbass. It also sets out the contours of a potential war, which should end, according to the Kiev strategists, “with the assistance of the international community on favourable terms for Ukraine,” as well as – listen carefully, please – “with foreign military support in the geopolitical confrontation with the Russian Federation.” In fact, this is nothing other than preparation for hostilities against our country, Russia."

"As we know, it has already been stated today that Ukraine intends to create its own nuclear weapons, and this is not just bragging. Ukraine has the nuclear technologies created back in the Soviet times and delivery vehicles for such weapons, including aircraft, as well as the Soviet-designed Tochka-U precision tactical missiles with a range of over 100 kilometres. But they can do more; it is only a matter of time"

"In other words, acquiring tactical nuclear weapons will be much easier for Ukraine than for some other states I am not going to mention here, which are conducting such research, especially if Kiev receives foreign technological support. We cannot rule this out either.

If Ukraine acquires weapons of mass destruction, the situation in the world and in Europe will drastically change, especially for us, for Russia. We cannot but react to this real danger, all the more so since, let me repeat, Ukraine’s Western patrons may help it acquire these weapons to create yet another threat to our country. We are seeing how persistently the Kiev regime is being pumped with arms. Since 2014, the United States alone has spent billions of dollars for this purpose, including supplies of arms and equipment and training of specialists. In the last few months, there has been a constant flow of Western weapons to Ukraine, ostentatiously, with the entire world watching. Foreign advisors supervise the activities of Ukraine’s armed forces and special services and we are well aware of this.

Over the past few years, military contingents of NATO countries have been almost constantly present on Ukrainian territory under the pretext of exercises. The Ukrainian troop control system has already been integrated into NATO. This means that NATO headquarters can issue direct commands to the Ukrainian armed forces, even to their separate units and squads.

The United States and NATO have started an impudent development of Ukrainian territory as a theatre of potential military operations. Their regular joint exercises are obviously anti-Russian. Last year alone, over 23,000 troops and more than a thousand units of hardware were involved.

A law has already been adopted that allows foreign troops to come to Ukraine in 2022 to take part in multinational drills. Understandably, these are primarily NATO troops. This year, at least ten of these joint drills are planned.

Obviously, such undertakings are designed to be a cover-up for a rapid buildup of the NATO military group on Ukrainian territory. This is all the more so since the network of airfields upgraded with US help in Borispol, Ivano-Frankovsk, Chuguyev and Odessa, to name a few, is capable of transferring army units in a very short time. Ukraine’s airspace is open to flights by US strategic and reconnaissance aircraft and drones that conduct surveillance over Russian territory.

At one time, the United States intended to build similar facilities in Crimea as well but the Crimeans and residents of Sevastopol wrecked these plans. We will always remember this.

Ukraine is home to NATO training missions which are, in fact, foreign military bases. They just called a base a mission and were done with it.

A number of NATO member states are still very sceptical about Ukraine joining NATO. We are getting signals from some European capitals telling us not to worry since it will not happen literally overnight. In fact, our US partners are saying the same thing as well. “All right, then” we respond, “if it does not happen tomorrow, then it will happen the day after tomorrow. What does it change from the historical perspective? Nothing at all.”

Furthermore, we are aware of the US leadership’s position and words that active hostilities in eastern Ukraine do not rule out the possibility of that country joining NATO if it meets NATO criteria and overcomes corruption.

They issued lots of verbal assurances, all of which turned out to be empty phrases. Later, they began to assure us that the accession to NATO by Central and Eastern European countries would only improve relations with Moscow, relieve these countries of the fears steeped in their bitter historical legacy, and even create a belt of countries that are friendly towards Russia.

Today, one glance at the map is enough to see to what extent Western countries have kept their promise to refrain from NATO’s eastward expansion. They just cheated. We have seen five waves of NATO expansion, one after another – Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary were admitted in 1999; Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia in 2004; Albania and Croatia in 2009; Montenegro in 2017; and North Macedonia in 2020.

With regard to the state of affairs in Donbass, we see that the ruling Kiev elites never stop publicly making clear their unwillingness to comply with the Minsk Package of Measures to settle the conflict and are not interested in a peaceful settlement. On the contrary, they are trying to orchestrate a blitzkrieg in Donbass as was the case in 2014 and 2015. We all know how these reckless schemes ended.

Not a single day goes by without Donbass communities coming under shelling attacks. The recently formed large military force makes use of attack drones, heavy equipment, missiles, artillery and multiple rocket launchers. The killing of civilians, the blockade, the abuse of people, including children, women and the elderly, continues unabated. As we say, there is no end in sight to this.

Meanwhile, the so-called civilised world, which our Western colleagues proclaimed themselves the only representatives of, prefers not to see this, as if this horror and genocide, which almost 4 million people are facing, do not exist. But they do exist and only because these people did not agree with the West-supported coup in Ukraine in 2014 and opposed the transition towards the Neanderthal and aggressive nationalism and neo-Nazism which have been elevated in Ukraine to the rank of national policy. They are fighting for their elementary right to live on their own land, to speak their own language, and to preserve their culture and traditions.

How long can this tragedy continue? How much longer can one put up with this? Russia has done everything to preserve Ukraine’s territorial integrity. All these years, it has persistently and patiently pushed for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2202 of February 17, 2015, which consolidated the Minsk Package of Measures of February 12, 2015, to settle the situation in Donbass.

Everything was in vain. Presidents and Rada deputies come and go, but deep down the aggressive and nationalistic regime that seized power in Kiev remains unchanged. It is entirely a product of the 2014 coup, and those who then embarked on the path of violence, bloodshed and lawlessness did not recognise then and do not recognise now any solution to the Donbass issue other than a military one.

In this regard, I consider it necessary to take a long overdue decision and to immediately recognise the independence and sovereignty of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Lugansk People's Republic.

I would like to ask the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation to support this decision and then ratify the Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance with both republics. These two documents will be prepared and signed shortly.

marvelphysics:
Lots of truth in what he said, but why didn't he stop in his peace keeping mission in those two regions, why attack kiev and the whole of Ukraine??

Botlord:
A multipolar world, that's a balanced west and east is what Africa need. It's a game of chess, Putin was just ahead of the US and Ukraine. The west were already planning an attack

scrolldown88:
The west are master manipulators. But I also don't blame them.

I don't blame Putin (at least not 100%) or even Ukraine either. It's a power tussle, and it's logical for both sides (west and Russia) to try woo as many countries to their side.

While the west has effectively use her media and other means to paint Putin and Russia in unflattering Color's, this wooing Ukraine to want to join NATO, Putin strategy for winning Ukraine over has been to threaten then and outrightly question their sovereignty as an independent nation.

Now we know nobody likes to be bullied. So naturally Ukraine is inclined to side with the west.

Putin should have chosen a more subtle and tactical strategy to win Ukraine over instead of threats.

This war currently has all the ingredients to
escalate to something global. Putin is clearly cornered, and now it seems there's no limit to the amount of brute force, and possibly war crimes he is ready to commit if it ensures him victory. The sad thing is the more atrocities committed by Putin, the more sympathy it draws to Ukraine from the rest of the world.
He certianly could have handled this crisis better.

Now he knows the world is watching, and since he has been bragging of how much militarily might be has, he will do everything to win this war so as not to be seen as a leader of weak Russia who could not defeat small Ukraine.

If the Ukrainians keep resisting, Putin is clearly ready to use any means necessary to win... and he will win, given the high millitary might of Russia.

But at what cost?

The Russian economy will be crippled

He will have to occupy Ukraine and maintain order in a country amist incessant qeurilla attacks from Ukrainian militias, resisting Russia occupation of their land.

Ukraine will remain ungovernable for any puppet government Putin installs.

I'm not quite sure Putin thought this war through, because right now everything is a mess

scrolldown88:
The west are master manipulators. But I also don't blame them.

I don't blame Putin (at least not 100%) or even Ukraine either. It's a power tussle, and it's logical for both sides (west and Russia) to try woo as many countries to their side.

While the west has effectively use her media and other means to paint Putin and Russia in unflattering Color's, this wooing Ukraine to want to join NATO, Putin strategy for winning Ukraine over has been to threaten then and outrightly question their sovereignty as an independent nation.

Now we know nobody likes to be bullied. So naturally Ukraine is inclined to side with the west.

Putin should have chosen a more subtle and tactical strategy to win Ukraine over instead of threats.

This war currently has all the ingredients to
escalate to something global. Putin is clearly cornered, and now it seems there's no limit to the amount of brute force, and possibly war crimes he is ready to commit if it ensures him victory. The sad thing is the more atrocities committed by Putin, the more sympathy it draws to Ukraine from the rest of the world.
He certianly could have handled this crisis better.

Now he knows the world is watching, and since he has been bragging of how much militarily might be has, he will do everything to win this war so as not to be seen as a leader of weak Russia who could not defeat small Ukraine.

If the Ukrainians keep resisting, Putin is clearly ready to use any means necessary to win... and he will win, given the high millitary might of Russia.

But at what cost?

The Russian economy will be crippled

He will have to occupy Ukraine and maintain order in a country amist incessant qeurilla attacks from Ukrainian militias, resisting Russia occupation of their land.

Ukraine will remain ungovernable for any puppet government Putin installs.

I'm not quite sure Putin thought this war through, because right now everything is a mess

tonididdy:

Period!
Putin has very good intelligence and spy network, one of the best in the world.

The honest truth is if AMERICA directly wipes out Russia with nuclear, who in the world will challenge her?
She owns the dollar?
Who.... Answer is nobody!, the world needs America more than America needs the world.
They have over the years gained a concrete leadership on every angle of the world. This is why NorthKorea shut herself from the world before the West corrupts her people.

But on the other hand, Russia attacks Ukraine and the whole world wants Russia cut off from the map. If this isn't bullying, I don't know what is.

It maybe rumours that Ukraine is building a nuclear warhead, I SAY IT IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL ALREADY, this is why the West provocked Putin and zelensky to have a go at each other.

Sadly I have a hunch feeling, Russia will receive her biggest destruct right in Moscow very soon ( maybe nuclear too) because of this war.

Russia needs to end this war before the mega plan is activated and rightfully place his nuclear warheads on high alert!
Retreat is not cowardice.

tonididdy:

Period!
Putin has very good intelligence and spy network, one of the best in the world.

The honest truth is if AMERICA directly wipes out Russia with nuclear, who in the world will challenge her?
She owns the dollar?
Who.... Answer is nobody!, the world needs America more than America needs the world.
They have over the years gained a concrete leadership on every angle of the world. This is why NorthKorea shut herself from the world before the West corrupts her people.

But on the other hand, Russia attacks Ukraine and the whole world wants Russia cut off from the map. If this isn't bullying, I don't know what is.

It maybe rumours that Ukraine is building a nuclear warhead, I SAY IT IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL ALREADY, this is why the West provocked Putin and zelensky to have a go at each other.

Sadly I have a hunch feeling, Russia will receive her biggest destruct right in Moscow very soon ( maybe nuclear too) because of this war.

Russia needs to end this war before the mega plan is activated and rightfully place his nuclear warheads on high alert!
Retreat is not cowardice.