In 2014, Putin reportedly threatened former Ukrainian President Poroshenko, telling him he could take his military to six European capitals in two days.
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Petro Poroshenko He’s been in military gear for a month, leading a battalion. The former President of Ukraine, Zelenskyy’s predecessor from 2014 to 2019, is fighting against the invasion of Russia like all his people today. However, a background that concerns the former Ukrainian president is circulating these hours, as the Süddeutsche Zeitung revealed: “If I wanted to, I could bring the Russian troops not only to Kyiv in two days, but also to Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn, Warsaw and Bucharest. The phrase was said by Vladimir Putin in 2014, when Poroshenko had just been elected after the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovych, and has a very specific meaning: I can retake Eastern Europe at any time.
Today, Russian troops appear to be locked in a longer war than the Kremlin would have wanted, although we don’t know exactly what the original plans were. But a few years ago, Putin claimed he could invade and capture the capitals of Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Romania in 48 hours. Not only that, he also told Poroshenko not to “rely too much on the European Union.”
Back in 2014, Putin made it clear that he could take Ukraine in two weeks. So much so that Poroshenko warned the West in front of the American Congress: “If they are not stopped now, they will cross Europe’s borders and reach the whole world.” While the Ukrainian president asked for support and Putin threatened war, this one came Context the threat: Not only Ukraine, Russia is ready to invade all former Soviet countries. These reconstructions have always been denied by the Kremlin. On the other hand, it is denied that there is a war in Ukraine because of the Russian invasion. And how before the conflict started it was denied that this could really happen.