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The essay was published shortly after the end of the first of two buildups of Russian forces preceding the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. In the essay, Putin describes his views on Ukraine and Ukrainians. [2] According to RBK Daily, the essay is included in the list of mandatory works to be studied by the Russian military. [3]
In 2021, Vladimir Putin penned a 5,000-word essay declaring that Ukraine does not exist — not as a culture and certainly not as a nation. Russians and Ukrainians are “one people,” he claimed ...
"Address concerning the events in Ukraine" (Russian: Обращение по поводу событий на Украине) was a televised address by Russian President Vladimir Putin on 21 February 2022, announcing that the Russian government would recognise the Ukrainian separatist regions of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic as independent.
In July 2021, Putin published a lengthy essay "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians", claiming that Ukraine is an artificial entity that occupies historically Russian lands. [19] A report by 35 legal and genocide experts cited Putin's essay as part of "laying the groundwork for incitement to genocide". [20]
Putin’s demands, reaffirmed by his deputy foreign minister this week, are nonstarters: a change in government in Kyiv, Ukrainian recognition of Russian occupation of 20 percent of Ukrainian ...
On Feb. 24, Putin declared war on Ukraine, and Figes had to rewrite his new book’s last chapter as the country’s history once again veered into the territory of conquest, death and destruction ...
Vladimir Putin: I won’t allow Starmer’s plan for troops in Ukraine Thursday 20 February 2025 20:00 , Alexander Butler Boris Johnson attacks Trump over claims Ukraine started war with Putin
Putin announced the start of a "special military operation" in the Donbas region, citing Article 51 of the UN Charter (on the right to self-defence), the decision of the Federation Council on the use of Russian troops in Ukraine and agreements with the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR).