[Regnum] President Vladimir Putin is not ready to “turn the page” of history with the coup d’etat in Ukraine, since it was at that moment that the foundations of the future conflict were laid, the head of state’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on June 22.
He answered a question from VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin about why Putin so often returns to the topic of the 2014 coup d'etat in Ukraine. An excerpt from the interview was published on Zarubin's Telegram channel.
“This is the precursor to the entire situation, when the legitimate succession of Ukraine’s leadership was interrupted,” Peskov noted.
He recalled that Western countries then refused to fulfill their obligations and later admitted that they had invested huge amounts of money in the coup d'etat in Ukraine.
“Everything that happened afterwards was the consequences of this coup,” Peskov said.
Zarubin noted that Western colleagues are essentially proposing to “turn the page” of history, since these events are in the past.
"No, the Russian side and President Putin are not ready to turn over anything. We must correct the root cause," Peskov responded.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Putin previously indicated that Russia is not fighting with the Ukrainian people. The president noted that the population of Ukraine has become hostage to the Kiev regime.
On June 20, the president again stated that he considers Russians and Ukrainians to be one people, and emphasized that Ukraine deserves a better fate than being a tool in the hands of Russia’s opponents.
Putin also noted that Russia had never questioned Ukraine's right to independence. But Ukraine, the president recalled, was proclaimed a neutral state. He pointed out that Russia was demanding from the Kiev regime not capitulation, but recognition of the realities that had developed on the ground.