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Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of trying to encourage widespread hostilities in Ukraine as part of what he on Tuesday described as alleged Washington efforts to maintain its global hegemony.
At a security conference attended by military leaders from Africa, Asia and Latin America, Putin reiterated his long-held claim that he sent troops to Ukraine in response to Washington turning the country into an “anti-Russia” bulwark.
“They need conflicts to maintain their hegemony,” Putin accused. “That’s why they turned the Ukrainian people into cannon fodder. The situation in Ukraine shows that the United States is trying to delay the conflict and is doing the same, trying to foment conflicts in Asia, Africa and Latin America. “
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The speech marked the Russian leader’s latest attempt to rally support for Moscow’s actions in Ukraine amid crushing Western sanctions targeting Russia’s economy and finances, as well as its governance structures, top officials and corporations.
Putin also drew parallels between US support for Ukraine and a recent visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, accusing them of both being part of an alleged American attempt to foment global instability.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) vows to strengthen Russia’s military cooperation with its allies at the Army 2022 International Military and Technical Forum at Patriot Park outside Moscow, Russia, August 15, 2022. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
“The American adventure in Taiwan was not just a trip by an irresponsible politician. It was part of a deliberate and deliberate US strategy aimed at destabilizing the situation and creating chaos in the region and around the world, a blatant display of disrespect for others’ sovereignty of the country and its own international obligations,” Putin said .
The Russian leader claimed that “Western globalist elites” are trying “to shift the blame for their own failures onto Russia and China,” adding that “no matter how hard the beneficiaries of the current globalist model try to cling to it, it is guaranteed to fail. “
“The era of the unipolar world order is coming to an end,” he added.
At the same conference, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu accused that Western allies, in addition to supplying Ukraine with arms, had also provided detailed intelligence information and dispatched trainers to help Ukraine’s military operate the weapons systems.
“Western intelligence agencies have not only provided target coordinates for launching strikes, but Western specialists have also monitored the entry of this data into weapon systems,” Shoigu said.
He dismissed accusations that Russia might use nuclear or chemical weapons in the conflict as “absolute lies”.
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“From a military point of view, there is no need for the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine to achieve the stated goals,” Shoigu said. “The main task of the Russian nuclear forces is to deter nuclear attack.”
Shoigu added that claims of a possible chemical weapons attack by Russia are also “preposterous,” saying Moscow has completely liquidated its chemical weapons stockpiles in accordance with an international treaty banning chemical weapons.