Let them try! On Thursday, July 7th, Russian President Vladimir Putin challenged Westerners to defeat Russia on the Ukrainian battlefield. He said that Moscow had "not yet gotten seriously" ".
"Today, we hear that they want us to be defeated on the battlefield. What should we say? Let them try! Vladimir Putin said this during a meeting of leaders of the groups in the lower house of Parliament. It was broadcast on television.
"We've heard it many times: The West wants to destroy Ukraine. This is a terrible situation for the Ukrainian people. He said that it seemed like everything was heading in this direction."
These declarations of martial law come at a time when the United States and European nations have in recent weeks accelerated arms delivery to the army in kyiv which is trying to stop the advance by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine. Vladimir Putin declared, during his toughest speech in weeks, that "we haven't begun serious things yet" in Ukraine.
He did not, however, announce any expansion of the military operation nor other concrete initiatives. Vladimir Putin added:
Vladimir Putin used rhetoric that was reminiscent of Soviet leaders during Cold War and denounced Western "totalitarian liberalalism". He also believed that the offensive in Ukraine represented the beginning of a transition away from a world marked American by "globalized self-centrism" to a truly multipolar one.
He said, "In most countries people don't desire such a life or such an outlook on the future." "They are tired of getting on their knees and humiliating themselves in front others who think they're extraordinary."
