… and eastern part of that country, the demilitarization and denuclearization of Ukraine, a neutral and non NATO Ukraine, and the removal of all Western sanctions. The hard reality is that Putin sees this conflict not just as a war between Russia and Ukraine, but a war between Russia and the West. In this same speech, he says the west is primarily at fault for the conflict in the world today and that it was the west that incited a Ukrainian coup … (10:14–10:22)
CLAIM
Asserts that Putin views the conflict as a broader war involving the West.
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