Putin rambles in TV speech after cancelling Navy Day parade fearing an attack by Ukraine
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Vladimir Putin launched an angry tirade against Ukraine and its future in a televised meeting. Photograph: (AFP)
Vladimir Putin cancelled the Navy Day parade for fear of a Ukrainian attack. More than 200 warships were set to sail, but it all had to be scrapped. Then Putin held a televised meeting where he tried to push the agenda that Ukraine's end is inevitable, and only Russia can save it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin went on a rant about the fate of Ukraine and that its western regions would "sooner or later" return to Hungary, Romania, and Poland. He called them "a gift from Stalin" and said that this "return" would take time, but in "a year, or two, or maybe even ten or fifteen", everything will "historically fall into place." Putin made the remarks during a televised meeting with Navy personnel after scrapping the Navy Day parade, fearing an attack by Ukraine.
The parade was scheduled to have nearly 200 warships sail along the Neva River in St. Petersburg. But instead, he chose to address a group of sailors, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, and how Ukraine would one day fall apart. After cancelling such a large event, Putin tried to save face by making weird claims and trying to present a picture where Russia had the upper hand in the ongoing war. He said that Russia is the only "guarantor" of Ukraine's "territorial integrity."
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