"Rewrite the Ages of History" and wants to destroy Ukraine: in ISW appreciated Putin Carlson's interview
Such an operation is falsely stated that the Russian Federation is interested in ceasing fire in Ukraine. About it writes "Institute of War Study" in the summary of February 8. Throughout the interview, Putin demonstrated that the Russian Federation was not interested in real and legal negotiations, and that he still seeks to destroy Ukraine as a state.
The Kremlin regularly calls the event as a party to the negotiations on the issue of Ukraine to impose the prerequisite that Ukraine is essentially not independent, and thus undermine sovereignty. The Kremlin periodically resorts to such a rhetorical trick to arouse interest in negotiations by the world and weaken the West's efforts on military assistance.
Putin and other Russian officials have increased similar rhetoric in recent weeks, indicating that Russia is setting the highest goals, that is, goes to the complete surrender of Ukraine and the West. ISW continues to believe that Putin's negotiation position has not changed: he still seeks to destroy Ukraine. The truce would make it possible to create favorable conditions and prepare the army for a further successful war.
According to analysts, the Russian president continues to promote pseudostory, denying Ukrainian statehood and identity. In an interview with Carlson, he again stated that Ukrainians do not exist as a nation and that Ukrainians - Russians, whom various political figures are called Ukrainians to prevent the Russian Federation to control the border territories with the countries of Eastern and Central Europe.
"For this, Putin rewrote several centuries of history," analysts said, adding that the Kremlin's head was trying to present a full -scale invasion as an attempt to return historically Russian lands. Attempts to change history do not justify the invasion of Ukraine, as the borders of every state in the world have changed over time, analysts have specified.
According to them, Putin argues that he seems to comply with the rules of international law, but this implies the recognition of the sovereignty of other states over their territories recognized by other sovereign states. "The Russian Federation has openly recognized the sovereignty of Ukraine in its current international borders - in 1991 and 1994.
The adoption of Putin's argument about Russia's right to change the borders of Ukraine at its discretion will be an invitation to all strong states with historical images to attack and capture the lands of their neighbors," noted in ISW. It should be reminded that after interviewing with such as Carlson, The Washington Post wrote that the President of the Russian Federation had the opportunity to justify the attack on Ukraine in front of American conservatives.