Putin claimed he was rescuing Ukrainians when his military parades crossed into Ukraine in February 2022. But when Ukrainians responded with Javelins rather than flowers, the Ukrainians became a Nazi threat. Then a NATO threat. Then a battle against Satan himself. Now? Putin says NATO is unable to challenge powerful Russia no matter what NATO does!
Putin claimed during his June 19 meeting with foreign journalists at SPIEF that Russia does not consider NATO rearmament (in line with US President Donald Trump's objective for Europe to shoulder more of the burden for collective security) to be a threat as Russia is able to ensure its own security and is constantly improving the Russian military and Russia's defensive capabilities.
If no threat is big enough for great Russia to deal with, why did Putin invade Ukraine citing the NATO threat? Because he was worried non-existent NATO army corps could be 500 miles from Moscow? Well, now NATO is 50 miles from St. Petersburg since Putin's aggression drove Finland to join NATO! Next thing you know, he'll deny the Nazi and Devil threats. And the Great Patriotic War 2.0 will be officially won!
Bravo!
Face it, Putin wants to be known in history as Vladimir the Great. He'll kill as many Ukrainians and Russians as he has to in order to get that. Especially when the alternative now might be dangling by his heels.
#WhyRussiaCan'tHaveNiceThings
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