Blinken recalled Putin’s statement about Ukraine
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The head of the State Department reminded that NATO is not encircling Russia, but that Ukraine is now surrounded by Russian troops.
The head of the US State Department, Anthony Blinken, said that Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2008 told George W. Bush, who was then US President, that Ukraine was not a real state. The head of the State Department recalled this fact during his speech in Berlin on Thursday, January 21.
According to Blinken, in this way Putin was already laying the foundations for the invasion of Ukraine.
“Russia claims that the whole problem is in NATO. This is an absurd statement. NATO did not invade Georgia and Ukraine. Russia did it. NATO is a defensive alliance that has no aggressive intentions towards the Russian Federation,” Blinken said.
He also recalled that NATO does not surround Russia from all sides, since only 6% of the borders of the Russian Federation are connected with NATO countries, and Ukraine is now surrounded by Russian troops.
Recall that such Putin’s remark was reported in 2008, after a closed meeting of Russia – NATO.
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