Putin Frames Illegal Annexation as Part of Existential Battle With West
Putin’s speech on annexation paints a stark picture of a face-off with the West: “President Vladimir V. Putin on Friday asserted that Russia would take control of four Ukrainian regions and decried the United States for ‘Satanism’ in a speech that marked an escalation in Moscow’s war against Ukraine and positioned Russia, in starkly confrontational terms, as fighting an existential battle with Western elites he deemed ‘the enemy.’ Speaking to hundreds of Russian lawmakers and governors in a grand Kremlin hall, Mr. Putin said that the residents of the four regions — which are still partially controlled by Ukrainian forces — would become Russia’s citizens ‘forever.’ He then held a signing ceremony with the Russian-installed heads of those regions to start the official annexation process, before clasping hands with them and chanting ‘Russia! Russia!’ ...”
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