Loading ...“Aren’t They Fools?”: Putin Says Ukrainian Statehood Risks ‘Irreparable Blow’ If War Continues
But Putin in his fresh remarks stressed that not only do Russian forces have the clear upper hand, but he emphasized for the first time that Ukrainian statehood itself risks an “irreparable” blow if the war continues. He stressed that Ukraine’s military has already “failed”.
“Not only has their counteroffensive failed, but the initiative is entirely in the hands of the Russian Armed Forces,” Putin said in the televised remarks. “If this continues, Ukraine’s statehood could be dealt an irreparable, very serious blow,” he added, but he didn’t clarify further precisely what he meant by this.