Russian President Vladimir Putin continued to promote the narrative about "fraternal peoples" and the fact that there is a "civil war" in Ukraine. This was Vladimir Putin said during a direct line, UNN reports .
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Answering journalists' questions about the possibility of of normalizing relations with European countries, Putin said that it depends not only on the Russian Federation.
We did not spoil these relations. It was with us that relations were spoiled and they tried to push us somewhere on the second or third plan, ignoring our interests
Putin continued to promote the narrative of a "coup d'état in Ukraine" in 2014. He also called the war in Ukraine a tragedy and called Russians and Ukrainians as a single people, and now, according to him, a kind of "a civil war."
What is happening now is a huge tragedy, similar to a civil war between brothers. When brothers are on different sides. But to a large extent, they have nothing to do with it
The Russian dictator also called Ukrainian cities in the south and east of Ukraine as Russian, to which Ukraine has nothing to do, and that these lands Ukraine was given to it by Lenin during the formation of the USSR.
He also reiterated that the Revolution of Dignity, which Putin calls a "coup d'état," was organized by the Americans.
As a reminder,
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has said that peace in Ukraine will come when the Russians achieve their goals in the so-called "special military operation" and emphasized that Russia's goals have not changed.
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