Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of looking to inspire prolonged hostilities in Ukraine as a part of what he described Tuesday as Washington’s alleged efforts to handle its world hegemony.
Addressing a safety convention attended via army officers from Africa, Asia and Latin America, Putin reaffirmed his long-held declare that he despatched troops into Ukraine according to Washington turning the rustic into an “anti-Russia” bulwark.
“They need conflicts to retain their hegemony,” Putin charged. “That’s why they have turned the Ukrainian people into cannon fodder. The situation in Ukraine shows that the United States is trying to drag the conflict out, and it acts in exactly the same way trying to fuel conflicts in Asia, Africa and Latin America.”
The speech represented the newest strive via the Russian chief to rally strengthen amid bruising Western sanctions that focused the Russian economic system and finance together with its executive constructions, most sensible officers and companies for Moscow’s motion in Ukraine.
Putin additionally drew parallels between Washington backing Ukraine and a contemporary consult with to Taiwan via US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, charging that each have been a part of an alleged American try to foment world instability.
“The American adventure in Taiwan wasn’t just a trip by an irresponsible politician. It was part of a deliberate and conscious US strategy intended to destabilise the situation and create chaos in the region and the entire world, a blatant demonstration of disrespect for another country’s sovereignty and its own international obligations,” Putin mentioned.