Putin Declares all of Ukraine is Russia; No Peace in Store; Is Declaration of War Next?

The latest astounding declaration by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin tops all others pronounced since 1999, when he can to power in the Evil Empire, coming in the wake of Ukraine’s brilliant clandestine attack against distant Russian airfields and internal calls for Putin to declare war on Ukraine.

It’s time that the free world and especially the current occupants of the White House, President Donald J. Trump and his team of Russophiles understand that there is no negotiating with Putin about Ukraine or any other former captive nation, there is no withdrawal of Russian murders from Ukraine, Putin and his army of cutthroats have not committed any war crimes, and Putin’s diabolical plans for Ukraine are rock solid, there will be no peace as long as the Kremlin exists.

Social media were abuzz Friday, June 20, when news appeared around Putin proclaiming his imperial doctrine at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that Russia claims as its own the entire territory of Ukraine that was stepped upon by Russian soldiers’ feet, reported UNIAN.

This quote was immediately followed by a comparison with a similar citation from Nazi archives of World War Two: The German soldier will remain wherever his foot steps.

“There’s an old rule: wherever the foot of a Russian soldier steps, that is ours,” Putin said in response to a question about where the Russian army might stop in Ukraine. Then he repeated his oft repeated falsehood that Ukrainians and Russians are “one people” and stressing that, in that sense, “all of Ukraine is ours.”

President Trump, the Kremlin’s apologist, publicly stated many times that despite Russian drones and missiles exploding in Ukrainian residential neighborhoods, taking their toll of human lives, he believes contrary to all evidence that Putin wants peace. Recently, he repeated the same pro-Russian litany, saying he thinks Russia wants to end the war but might be “dragging their feet” on taking decisive action. 

Speaking at the annual economic forum, Putin insisted that Ukraine must become a non-aligned, non-nuclear, and neutral state, in other words, defenseless, exposed and aligned with Moscow. These statements substantiate the Kremlin’s refusal to seek a just peace but rather expose the true eternal goal of all Russian tsarist, soviet and putinist leaders: Ukraine’s complete subjugation.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on Telegram: “Yesterday, Putin put on a performance, particularly for the United States too, and he spoke completely openly. Yes, he wants all of Ukraine – and he had wanted it not just for four years, not just since 2014, but long before that, because he himself was shaped that way by Russian imperialism. And when he speaks about Ukraine and something else about Russian soldiers’ boots on the ground, he is also speaking about Belarus, the Baltic states, Moldova, the Caucasus, countries like Kazakhstan, and every place on Earth that Russian killers can reach. Putin’s power ends where Russian killers’ capabilities end.

“Of course, Ukraine will defend itself. Everyone in the world must choose where they stand. On our part, we in Ukraine have adopted a number of new decisions, taking into account the frankness of the Russian murderers who openly declare that they do not intend to stop.”

Putin’s admission to re-subjugate all of Ukraine comes in the wake of a weeklong nighttime Russian barrage of Ukrainian cities, considered by many one of the most savage since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

At least one person was killed in Ukraine Friday night as Russia continued its unrelenting attacks. A barrage of more than 20 Russian drones rained down on residential areas in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa and the northeastern city of Kharkiv overnight, according to officials. One civilian was killed and almost two dozen were injured, including two girls — 12 and 17-years-old — and three emergency workers.

The strikes sparked fires that caused the partial collapse of a four-story apartment building and tore through the upper floors of a 23-story high-rise, leading to the evacuation of about 600 residents.

The death toll kept rising last week across Ukraine. Civilians were killed in Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kherson and Sumy regions, local authorities said. Russia launched 58 drones at Ukraine overnight on Wednesday, June 18, 30 of which were shot down, the Ukrainian Air Force said.

The fresh strikes came as Ukraine marked a day of mourning on Wednesday after what Volodymyr Zelensky described as one of the worst attacks on Kyiv since the war began. At least 23 people were killed across Ukraine overnight on Tuesday, including 21 in Kyiv.

Russia continues to pose a direct threat to the European Union through acts of sabotage and cyberattacks, but its massive military spending suggests that Putin also plans to use his armed forces elsewhere in the future, the EU’s top diplomat warned on Wednesday.

The free world cannot forget about Ukraine or abandon it. Kaja Kallas, a European official of Estonian descent, said Europe must do “more for Ukraine, for our own security too.” Speaking during a debate in the European Parliament last Wednesday June 18, she continued: “To quote my friend Nato secretary general Mark Rutte: if we don’t help Ukraine further, we should all start learning Russian.” The obvious implication is that Russia will continue to fulfill its manifest destiny of subjugating all of Europe.

“Russia is already a direct threat to the European Union,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said. She listed a series of Russian airspace violations, provocative military exercises, and attacks on energy grids, pipelines and undersea cables.

Kallas noted that Russia is already spending more on defense than the EU’s 27 nations combined, and this year will invest more “on defense than its own health care, education and social policy combined.”

Putin is said to be facing renewed calls to “declare war” on Ukraine following Kyiv’s audacious “Spider Web” drone attacks on four air bases deep inside Russia. Ukraine estimates more than 40 Russian bombers were damaged in the attacks by Ukraine’s SBU security service after drones were smuggled into the country and launched from trucks. Inside the Kremlin, there was “shock and outrage,” according to a high-ranking official. Among Russia’s hardline nationalist elite, there is reportedly a growing feeling that the Putin has not gone far enough in Ukraine and should formally declare war. There are calls for Russia to recruit a million more men and take out the Ukrainian government with daily strikes on Kyiv, reports The Telegraph, which spoke to Kremlin insiders, on the condition of anonymity, over whether the Ukrainian attacks could prompt further escalation by Russia.

You may be wondering why President Trump took such a bold, albeit necessary step against Iran, which is also supplying airborne ordinance for Russia to use against Ukraine, and he won’t help Ukraine bomb Russia to end its devastating war against Ukraine. Sadly, Moscow is Trump’s patron and advocate, Putin is his buddy.