Vladimir Putin has revived a controversial narrative, claiming that theoretically “all of Ukraine is ours.” He also sparked more immediate concerns with comments about seizing Ukraine’s city of Sumy.

Vladimir Putin has declared that Russians and Ukrainians are “one people” and that, in that sense, “all of Ukraine is ours.”

The assertion underscores Moscow’s continued underlying rejection of Ukrainian sovereignty and raises renewed alarm over Russia’s territorial ambitions.

Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday, Putin issued a series of provocative remarks, notably stating: “We have a saying… where the foot of a Russian soldier steps, that is ours.”

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    “We have a saying… where the foot of a Russian soldier steps, that is ours.”

    So, Putin is saying everyone should fire upon Russian forces everywhere outside Russia with no hesitation or questions asked?

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      By this same idiotic logic we all could do the same, put boots on Russian soil and claim it and the people are ours…lol…would be funny to turn around and give Putin a scare along these lines XD

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    I thought it was because of Nazis. Or because of NATO. Or because of <insert bullshit here>.

    Not because of <insert imperialism here>.

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    And there it is. Finally out in the open, by the asshole-in-chief himself. “Denazification”? “Caring for the Russian minority in Ukraine”? Ha, as if. All this bullshit has ever been is to quiesce one man’s megalomania.

    From the deepest depths of my heart I say: Fuck you, you fucking prick, fuck your propaganda machine, and fuck your sycophantic bootlickers.

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    If he really believes the two countries should be united, he could always decide to surrender to Ukraine and give Ukraine control over Russia. I’m sure Ukraine would do a better job of governing Russia than Putin has done.

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    From the Wikipedia article on Russia’s playbook: “Foundations of Geopolitics”

    Ukraine (except Western Ukraine) should be annexed by Russia because “Ukraine as a state has no geopolitical meaning, no particular cultural import or universal significance, no geographic uniqueness, no ethnic exclusiveness, its certain territorial ambitions represents an enormous danger for all of Eurasia and, without resolving the Ukrainian problem, it is in general senseless to speak about continental politics”. Ukraine should not be allowed to remain independent, unless it is cordon sanitaire, which would be inadmissible according to Western political standards. As mentioned, Western Ukraine (comprising the regions of Volynia, Galicia, and Transcarpathia), considering its Catholic-majority population, are permitted to form an independent federation of Western Ukraine but should not be under Atlanticist control.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics

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    And you still have a lot of people saying that if we just traded more with Russia and didn’t add countries to NATO, this wouldn’t have happened.

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      That’s… Neither wrong, nor related to this article? Unless you have a crystal ball somewhere, that is?

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    I think it’s high time Finland retakes Karelia, on account of how thinly stretched Russia must be at this point.

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    That clearly shows, which value any negotiation with Putin have: none, none at all

    He wants Ukraine to, all of it. No matter what.

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      Even worse, negotiations have negative value since master of negotiations, the Orange himself, started his 24hrs peace plan.