Putin confirms that Russia did not start the “so-called war in Ukraine,” but rather is trying to “end” it.

Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed on Thursday that Moscow was not the one who started the “so-called war in Ukraine,” but was specifically trying to “put an end” to the “coup” committed in Kiev. In 2014, referring to Euromaidan and the arrival of pro-European politicians to the Ukrainian government. The Russian president, who took the opportunity to attack the Western media for presenting a narrative that was not the case, stressed: “We were not the ones who organized the coup in Kiev in 2014: a bloody and unconstitutional coup.” I adhered to the reality of that episode. He stressed that Russia is committed in 2014 to the security of the residents of the Crimean Peninsula, against whom Kiev is trying to promote “ethnic cleansing in the Nazi spirit”; She stressed that Moscow was not the one that launched the attacks on Donbass and did not try to prevent these residents from speaking their mother tongue. During his speech, Putin said: “You know what happened: for nine years they bombed, shot and used tanks. A war was waged on Donbass (…) and no one counted the dead children. No one in the West cried for the dead.” His intervention at the Valdai International Debating Club in Russia. Putin added, “The war that the Kiev regime started with the active and direct support of the West has now entered its tenth year, and a special military operation aims to stop it,” stressing also that unilateral measures “will inevitably face reprisals.” At this stage, he accused the Western powers of having lost “their sense of reality,” and explained that the war in Ukraine “is not a regional conflict,” but rather a “broader and more fundamental issue.” The principles on which the new world order will be based. The Russian President, who at this stage acknowledged “the harsh legacy of the century,” said that “permanent peace will only be achieved when everyone begins to feel safe and realize that their opinion is respected and that there is balance in the world.” XX” to distinguish between Russia and the West in “us and them.” Putin lamented that “this is a product of Western political culture, or at least its most aggressive manifestation. I repeat, “The West always needs an enemy,” believing that these forces need “an enemy whose conflict can explain the need for action.” Strong and expanding. In this sense, the Russian President believes that Western powers are also forced to search for defendants to hold responsible for their internal problems and their social criticism of a regime that “the majority of citizens do not want to accept.” He stressed that “Russia is the favorite topic of these politicians.” The Russian President said, “Russia was and will remain one of the foundations of the world order, and is ready to interact constructively with all those who struggle for peace and prosperity, and is ready to strongly oppose those who profess the principles of dictatorship and violence.” has settled.