Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to reject the idea of Ukrainian sovereignty, which is incompatible with negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, and is aimed at destroying the Ukrainian state. This conclusion was reached by experts of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in a daily report.
On the eve, speaking at the Valdai forum, the President of the Russian Federation said that “only Russia, which” created “Ukraine.
can be the only real guarantee of Ukrainian sovereignty”.
Putin’s statements reject the legal fact that Ukraine is a completely sovereign state, that the Russian Federation recognized the sovereignty of Ukraine and that the Ukrainian people exists as a separate nation, ISW notes.
Putin’s repetition of the idea that Ukraine and Russia are a single people, divided into different states due to historical circumstances, indicates its goal” destroy the Ukrainian state “and erase the concept of the Ukrainian people, add experts of the institute.
During the answers to questions, Putin added that” if some part of this single ethnic group at some point decides that she reaches such a level that he considers herself a separate people, then this can only be responded with respect ” . Numerous conventions in this commentary emphasize Putin’s rejection of the idea that there is currently any independent Ukrainian national identity is concluded by American experts.