The USA, unfortunately, “achieved the result” in its “attempts to divide the Russian and Ukrainian peoples,” said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
According to him, Russia was “simply driven by the nose” with “peace agreements in Ukraine” after 2014.
Putin also stated that “one cannot go against the will of the people who consider himself part of the Russian world, but they launched a war against him in Ukraine in 2014.” “The goal of Russia is to protect people in Ukraine,” he added.