Putin is trying to sell the idea that a Ukraine conflict is justified. In a public statement, he explains why he feels that conflict is inevitable and how we are supposedly causing it.
“Their main task is to contain the development of Russia. Ukraine is simply a tool to achieve this goal. They could draw us into some kind of armed conflict and force their allies in Europe to impose the very tough sanctions that are being talked about in the United States today,” Putin said. “Or they could draw Ukraine into NATO, set up strike weapons systems there and encourage some people to resolve the issue of Donbas or Crimea by force, and still draw us into an armed conflict.”
It was a tacit admission of his fear that if Ukraine were ever to become a member of NATO, Putin would be unable to threaten the former Soviet republic the way it’s doing now, surrounding its neighbor with more than 130,000 troops with the potential to invade and take more Ukrainian territory.”
Press Secretary Jen Psaki weighed in on Putin’s statement:
“When the fox is screaming from the top of the hen house that he’s scared of the chickens, which is essentially what they’re doing, that fear isn’t reported as a statement of fact,” said press secretary Jen Psaki at yesterday’s White House briefing. “And as you watch President Putin screaming about the fear of Ukraine and the Ukrainians, that should not be reported as a statement of fact. We know who the fox is in this case.”
So Putin is concerned that Ukraine may someday try to take back the territory that Russia stole away and maintain the rest of their country… This is only a problem if Russia wants to take over Ukraine and start empire building. So it seems pretty straight forward Putin wants to start taking over neighboring countries and NATO would stop him from doing what he wants. So if war breaks out it will be because of Putin’s greed.
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