Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview with the newspaper Onoodor, called the main reason for the current tragedy in Ukraine the anti-Russian policy of the collective West, led by the United States. An interview written before the visit to Mongolia was published on the Kremlin website.
“At the same time, the main reason for the current tragedy in Ukraine is the deliberate anti-Russian policy of the collective West, led by the United States. For decades, they have sought total control over Ukraine. They have financed nationalist and anti-Russian organizations there and systematically propagated the concept that Russia is supposedly Ukraine’s eternal enemy, the main threat to its existence.” — his words are quoted on the Kremlin’s official website.
According to the Russian president, in 2014, “the Americans and their satellites” organized an armed coup in Ukraine, the ideologues and main participants of which were radical neo-Nazi groups. Putin added that they began to determine the course of the Kiev state.
“Today we are witnessing the logical result of the West’s destructive strategy towards Ukraine. Moreover, the Western elites continue to provide the current regime with large-scale political, financial and military support, considering it a weapon in the fight against Russia. We see all this and will continue to consistently fulfill all the tasks assigned to us within the framework of a special military operation to ensure the security of Russia and our citizens.” — Vladimir Putin answered the newspaper’s question.
