Make Russia great again? Why Putin won't relent on Ukraine

Make Russia great again? Why Putin won't relent on Ukraine

• Sep 1, 2025, 6:27 PM

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Yes, it was Russian troops that launched an unprovoked invasion. But it's the West that started the war in Ukraine. That's the long-repeated line spun again this Monday by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in China. Repeat a lie often enough and people will believe it, goes the saying. But for Putin, this founding myth story is not a myth at all.

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