An article by the Kremlin leader stating that Ukrainians and Russians are “one people” has a single goal – to publicly announce Russia’s claims to Ukraine. This was stated in an article entitled “Putin’s article is not about history. This is a political manifesto with threats to neighbours” written by the fifth President of Ukraine and leader of the European Solidarity Party Petro Poroshenko for Polish publication Gazeta Wyborcza.
“In short, the article formulates Russia’s territorial claims to Ukraine, and this is its goal! “Our historical territories”, “territorial gifts”, “robbed Russia”, “people close to us living there”, “conditional nature” of borders in the post-Soviet space – these are the key words of this “study” when weeding out the rest of his nonsense. Putin mentions the idea of his political father Sobchak to return the former union republics to the borders of 1922, with which they became part of the Union, “Petro Poroshenko stressed.
“The key words of the article demonstrate Russia’s non-recognition of our borders, its disregard for the norms of international law. They are preparing public opinion and the armed forces to continue their aggression against Ukraine, “Petro Poroshenko said.
“It is not for nothing that the Russian Defence Minister ordered the historical delusion of his Supreme Commander-in-Chief to be studied in the army, which means filling the head of a Russian soldier with imperial chauvinist delusions, who must then be ready to attack Ukraine again and again,” he added.
The Fifth President of Ukraine stressed that over the past seven years, Russia had annexed Crimea and tried to capture Donbass, most of which we managed to recapture. “The Kremlin planned to form the so-called Novorossia from ten Ukrainian regions. And most importantly, why did this venture fail? The inhabitants of these regions, although large numbers speak Russian, consider themselves Ukrainians. End of, “he said.
“The thesis about there being “one nation” demonstrates that Putin does not need Crimea and Donbass. He is encroaching on all of Ukraine, because he denies our very right to a separate existence as a nation and a state. His vision of Ukraine is a Little Russia Federal District as part of a single authoritarian state. In this version of a complete and unconditional surrender, he may be ready to maintain our territorial integrity – so it will be easier to swallow up than in parts, “- said the leader of European Solidarity.
“These are the key messages of the article. Putin’s pseudo-scientific amateur historical exercises are designed to legitimize imperial encroachments in the eyes of Russian public opinion, which needs curtseys on the eve of the autumn elections to the State Duma. The Kremlin’s desire to encourage a small fifth column in Ukraine is also obvious, following the Leninist-Stalinist tradition of appealing to peoples through the heads of their governments, “he concluded.