Putin: Russia will achieve all its goals in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin assured today that Moscow will “achieve all its goals” in Ukraine, on the occasion of the second anniversary of Russia’s annexation of four Ukrainian regions. “The truth is on our side. All goals will be achieved,” Putin said in a videotaped speech, congratulating the Russian people on the occasion of the “Day of Reunification” with the Ukrainian provinces of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson, which is celebrated today, September 30. Putin called the invasion of Ukraine “a fatal event” that was necessary to protect the Russian-speaking residents of those provinces against “neo-Nazi dictatorship” and “extreme nationalism.” “We have not abandoned our brothers and sisters,” he stressed, once again defending “the necessity and legitimacy of the special military operation,” the term Russia uses to describe its invasion of Ukraine. “Today we are fighting for a secure future full of prosperity for our children and grandchildren,” […]
Source: News Beast

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