> I mean, except Putin talking about how Ukraine is fake nation that should be part of Russia.
And the pre-written victory announcement state media recently published and then pulled back announcing the reformation of a single union of all the Russias (Belarus, “Greater” Russia [i.e., just plain Russia], and “Little” Russia [Ukraine]).
It very clearly is an insult against people because of their nationality but I discovered these days that online communities are a lot more accepting of such statements.
>I mean, except Putin talking about how Ukraine is fake nation that should be part of Russia.
first full English transcript I could find: (the English language Kremlin site where it was hosted is nonresponsive, and most major media is just carrying excerpts.)
Interesting. I can open it fine. Here's some relevant text:
> So, I will start with the fact that modern Ukraine was entirely created by Russia or, to be more precise, by Bolshevik, Communist Russia. This process started practically right after the 1917 revolution, and Lenin and his associates did it in a way that was extremely harsh on Russia – by separating, severing what is historically Russian land.
Read the whole thing. If you're going to defend Russian policy online you should have a clear idea what you're defending.
Russia is a nation, why are you taking offense on that statement? It is not an insult.
> Nothing even hinted that Russia is interested expanding beyond Ukraine, and not even the whole of Ukraine
I mean, except Putin talking about how Ukraine is fake nation that should be part of Russia.