Putin, who has been Russia's president for more than 20 years, wants to regain not only lost territory but also lost glory. Last year, on the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union, he delivered a similar message to his country's people.
After the collapse of the Soviet bloc in 1991, the whole world was left to America alone. After nearly 30 years, the Russian president has again challenged the US bloc.
Such aspirations of the Russian President are reflected in his recent words, deeds and behavior. Most recently, he intervened in a violent anti-government movement in Kazakhstan. The "pumpkin" relationship with Ukraine's anti-Russian government has been going on for almost six years.
When Putin came to power in 2000, he strengthened military and political ties with the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), comprising the former Soviet republics. The founders of that organization were Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Russia and Belarus have strong ethnic and cultural ties.
However, when the pro-Russian President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych fell in the mass uprising in 2014, Russia became aggressive towards the country. In the same year, the Putin government launched an operation in Crimea, Ukraine, to make it part of its territory. In addition, pro-Russian rebels are being supported in the Russian-speaking regions of Ukraine.
In 2019, Ukraine changed its constitution, paving the way for accession to the European Union and NATO. Ukraine, then on the eastern border of the European Union or on Russia's western border, became the site of the Russian-US conflict.
The United Kingdom has accused Russia of trying to establish a pro-Russian government in Ukraine, the BBC reported on Sunday. Britain has accused the Kremlin of fielding former Ukrainian MP Yevhen Nureyev as a possible candidate.
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in a statement that "the information we have is that Russia wants to destroy Ukraine." He also called on Russia to move away from the path of conflict and pursue a diplomatic path.
'Putin's miscalculations'CNN's recent report on CNN's "Putin's miscalculations" raises the question, "Is Vladimir Putin pushing Europe into a new war by invading Ukraine?"
A top US official has said the warring parties are blaming each other. Their negative message indicates that the 'war is coming to an end day by day'.
Al Jazeera reported yesterday that US military aid had been sent to Ukraine to prevent a possible Russian operation. The U.S. embassy in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, said the first shipment of সহায় 200 million in military aid had arrived.
The embassy's Facebook post said, "US assistance will continue to protect Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity against Russian aggression."
In addition to military assistance, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is visiting Kiev this week to reassure the Ukrainian government.
In his English New Year's speech, Finnish President Pauli Finish spoke of the new members of the US-led military alliance, NATO. Russia then threatened "extreme military and political consequences" against the northern European country bordering it.
But also the former Soviet republics in the NATO Baltic region have already been threatened by Russia.
Gen. Mark Millie, a top U.S. military official, said the same thing could happen in Ukraine with the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.
'Every house in Ukraine is a fortress'Former Ukrainian President Pedro Poroshenko speaks in the same tone as US General Mark Millie. "Every house in Ukraine will become a fortress," he told the media. He also warned that "thousands of bodies" would be sent to Russia if Russian troops entered Ukraine.
Republican top leader and senator Mitt Romney told NBC News that the United States would resist Putin's attempts to build a "new Soviet" with his allies. "Putin wants to bring back something that was in the past," he said. But, it will not be allowed to happen.
According to a report in the Christian Science Monitor, Putin may be trying to establish himself in the role of Joseph Stalin during World War II.
At a news conference at the White House last week, "What does Putin really want?" In response to a question, President Joe Biden said, "I think Russia wants to test us."
Russia's growing presence in Syria, Libya and Eastern Europe suggests that Vladimir Putin is not only testing the United States, but also challenging the monopoly power of the most powerful country.
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