Vladimir Putin: “The West started the war”
Towards the end, after the first guests at the Gostiny Dvor event center in Moscow had already begun to yawn, Russian President Vladimir Putin suddenly woke them up from their sleep: Russia will suspend its participation in the New Start Agreement, he says in his speech to the nation. This is not a definitive withdrawal from the nuclear arms treaty with the US. However, should the Americans test their weapons, Moscow will not be inferior in any way, Putin said.
The treaty limits both countries’ nuclear arsenals to 800 delivery systems and 1,550 operational warheads. The term of the agreement will only be extended by five years in 2021. Now Putin is showing that ultimately any cooperation with the United States is unimportant to him. The president shrugs off responsibility. “The West started this war and we are using force to end it.” This is Moscow’s official reinterpretation strategy.
Russia is by no means fighting against the Ukrainian people, it is the “lying West” that occupies the country and uses all Ukrainians as a commodity and the country as a weapon base against Russia. “They have made pedophilia the norm of their lives and want to impose such values, presented as humane, on everyone in the world. Their aim is to take from us the historic territories now called Ukraine.” “She” is the West, this is the US. No treacherous story is too good for the Kremlin boss to swear to his country that the war will take a long time.
These were the “succinct” statements of Putin’s speech
Putin’s Empire Against the “False West”
Most people in the country believe Putin’s story, they have long since made it their own and stand by their president, who also spoke of “one country, one people, one truth” on Tuesday. The term “war”—actually banned by Russian law in connection with the fighting in Ukraine—runs throughout Putin’s speech. “We will do everything for the cause. We will do everything we can to win,” he says, the guests applauding. But he does not explain what this “all” is.
The people, who have been vigilant since the announcement of mobilization at the latest, would like to know – even if they support the war – how to continue this war, how to end it. But Putin does not provide concrete information. For him, this is a means to rebuild his country. Economically, politically, also morally. A kind of ‘new Russian’ emerges: someone who ‘gives everything’ in the fight for the fatherland. Ultimately someone who allows himself to be objectified by the power elite and who does not question anything.
The war functions not only as an economic transformer, but also as a social elevator, the “experience of the combatants” must find its way to every part of the country. Returnees should go into politics, find their children and also the children of those who died find easier places to study. “We are confident in our strength,” Putin shouts. Hymn. standing ovation Out to kill.
Joe Biden: Russia will “never” win
A few hours after Vladimir Putin’s speech in Moscow, Joe Biden steps to the microphone in Warsaw. Of course, he knows that his performance does not take place in a vacuum. The rhetorical bullying of his Russian counterpart has also reached the ears of the US president – even as the White House is careful to announce ahead of Biden’s nearly 20-minute speech that for a historical backdrop, his speech is not an answer to Vladimir Putin must be understood.
Biden is thus addressing the Russian population directly on the site of the Royal Castle in Warsaw’s Old Town, which had to be rebuilt after World War II. “Millions of Russians,” says the US president, “are not our enemies,” even though Putin claims otherwise. The West has no interest in attacking or controlling Russia. The war in Ukraine is therefore not a “necessary” act of self-defense, as Putin describes it, “but a tragedy”.
In simple terms, Biden draws a contrast between two clashing value systems colliding on the battlefield of Ukraine. On the one hand, the democracies of this world, united, with Biden on the symbolic point, defending freedom and human rights. And on the other hand autocrats like Putin.
No concessions to Moscow
Biden believes Putin has the power to end the war. However, he does not want to make this step easier for the Russian president. Instead, Biden says, concessions will never satisfy autocrats’ appetites. Putin and company understand only one word, the word “No!”. He therefore reminds the Russian president of NATO’s duty to provide assistance, much to the delight of the Poles. “Russia knows: an attack on one country is an attack on all.”
Although Ukraine is not a member of the defense alliance, the West will do everything it can to support the democracy under attack. And Russia, Biden says to the delight of thousands of spectators, will “never” win in Ukraine. “Never!”
However, it may be a long time before Putin realizes this. For this reason, Biden is preparing the people of Poland for a long fight. “Tough, painful days” are coming for Ukraine and the world’s democracies, Biden says, citing the crimes against humanity already committed by Russian soldiers.
But the democracies of this world are well prepared for this ongoing confrontation. The guarantors of freedom would support Ukraine “unwaveringly,” Biden says. Kiev, said the US president, who made a surprise visit to the Ukrainian capital on Monday, “stands strong, stands proud, stands tall and, most importantly, Kiev stands free.” A year after the start of the Russian invasion, this is not self-evident. (bzbasel.ch)
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