The toughest year for Europe and for Russia itself since the end of World War II from the point of view of the man who initiated the invasion of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin today summed up the 2022 which is preparing to close and is returning to attack the West hard. He did this through in his speech New Year’saddressed to citizens of the Federation and kept at the Military District Headquarters Kamchatka, where Putin met with personnel involved in the so-called “military special operation” in Ukraine. In his message of 9 minutesIn the longest New Year’s speech of his two-decade reign, the Russian tsar – as Moscow news agency TASS reports – has once again attacked the West, accusing it of “cynically using Ukraine and its people to weaken and weaken them divide Russiaand that he “lied about peace while preparing for itaggression and now he admits it openly, without hesitation.’ “This year the West – the tsar continues – has proclaimed a real year sanctions war to Russia: Whoever started this expected the complete destruction of our industry, finances and transport. That didn’t happen because together we created a reliable safety margin.” The Kremlin leader then stressed that he “didn’t allow anyone” to split the federation and “we will never – he continues – do it”. According to Putin Russia fights in Ukraine to protect its ‘homeland’ and ‘stay loyal’ independence» to his people. In fact – the tsar continues – Moscow is on the frontline to “protect its people in our historical territories and in the new parts of Russia,” he insisted, referring to the oblasts that Russia allegedly annexed with the referendum ending September. And finally: «Now the most important thing is this determination of Russia, its defense is a sacred duty for ancestors and descendants. We have always known this and today we are once again convinced that the sovereign, independent and secure future of Russia depends only on us, on our strength and will!”, he concluded.
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