⚡️In his address, #Putin has not just formally announced the decision, but also:
📍portrayed #Ukraine as a historical mistake with no tradition or right to sovereignty, claiming that it was, in full, “created by the USSR” and “Lenin was an architect of Ukraine” (more below)
📍portrayed #Ukraine as a historical mistake with no tradition or right to sovereignty, claiming that it was, in full, “created by the USSR” and “Lenin was an architect of Ukraine” (more below)
📍threatened #Ukraine with “showing real decommunization”, hinting attack on its existence as it rejects the Soviet legacy;
📍promoted the image of Ukraine as a “failed state” under colonizing “external governance”;
📍promoted the image of Ukraine as a “failed state” under colonizing “external governance”;
📍insisted #Ukraine poses a military and terrorist threat against #Russia, particularly in #Crimea;
📍repeated the message about #NATO "deploying military bases in Ukraine" to threaten Russia;
📍positioned Ukraine's intention to join NATO as a "direct threat to Russian security";
📍repeated the message about #NATO "deploying military bases in Ukraine" to threaten Russia;
📍positioned Ukraine's intention to join NATO as a "direct threat to Russian security";
📍blamed the West for intruding into #Russia's sovereignty;
📍promoted propagandistic fakes about "#Ukraine's genocide against #Donbas";
📍called to ratify the agreements on friendship and mutual assistance with the so-called "republics".
📍promoted propagandistic fakes about "#Ukraine's genocide against #Donbas";
📍called to ratify the agreements on friendship and mutual assistance with the so-called "republics".
☝️The rising level of open aggression towards #Ukraine calls for an immediate and strong international response.
#StopRussianAggression
#StopRussianAggression
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