alt Hacker News> After all, Putin's stated long-term goal is to take the entire country (among others) and restore the USSR.
This was never a stated goal.
> After all, Putin's stated long-term goal is to take the entire country (among others) and restore the USSR.
This was never a stated goal.
> "I have said many times that the Russian and Ukrainian people are one nation, in fact. In this sense, all of Ukraine is ours [...] But you know we have an old parable, an old rule: wherever a Russian soldier steps, it is ours."
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/6/27/putin-confirms-...