
“If they hadn’t done this (a special operation in Ukraine. – Ed.) a day before, believe me, in a few days we would have drunk all this cup with huge losses. They were not only preparing to strike at the Donbass – they built positions for strike on Belarus” (RIA Novosti – ‘Putin announced positive developments in negotiations with Ukraine’ 11.03.2022).
On the 16th Day of the Russian-Belorussian invasion of the Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin had a visit of Belarus President Alexander Lukaschenko. Where these quotes has been released to Russian media, as way of narrating a story and selling the reasons for the war. Alas, the “special operation” which is a modified conflict and making it seem less severe.
However, we do know what is happening, the reports of casualties, deaths and harm, which is inflicted on Ukraine is vast. While Putin make it seem all reasonable, which is it not. He now makes a story where the Ukrainian army was supposed to attack Belarus now. After 16 days of invasion. That just shows what he is willing to do and further his agenda here. There is no where he will go and we knew the Russian armies had stationed battalions and where ready for war inside Belarus in the weeks before. Therefore, the Russian President is out of line saying this, but it just follows a pattern of making up excuses and reasons for using their means to invade Ukraine.
Later in the talks with President Lukaschenko he talks of the sanctions, which he has described like this:
“The USSR really lived under the conditions of sanctions, developed and achieved tremendous success. <…> Even after 1990, sanctions against Russia were preserved and then moved into new and modern times from the time of the Soviet Union” (RIA Novosti – ‘Putin announced positive developments in negotiations with Ukraine’ 11.03.2022).
The Soviet and the USSR is very important to Putin. That’s why the sphere of the USSR is vital for his interests and power. He needs to galvanize that period and install that in the memory of the current civilians. As he wants to extol that and exhilarate that at an amp speed. Where the Russian Federation is trying to take the former Republic’s under the wings.
Putin is clearly just making smoke and mirrors. All sorts of excuses for it. As Belarus has supported the war from the beginning and made it possible to attack Ukraine from a broader spectrum than just the bordering regions of Russia. Alas, Putin knows this very well, but needs to vilify Ukraine, which he does as much as he can.
Nobody should be surprised, he uses all means, panic and propaganda to defend his reasons to invade. He will fight his inner demons and ghosts of the past, which is the reason for it happening in the first place. Ukraine is the victim, because the Russian President wants more power and have real influence in Kyiv. Something that has withered with time. Now in 2022 he needs excuses to execute it and making up stuff to legitimizing furthering Belorussian participation in it. Peace.












