"This Is A Trap": Kuleba Spoke About What Putin Really Wants

Putin’s plan is to plunge the whole of Europe into crisis. He wants Europeans and Russians to live equally badly, as Dmytro Kuleba, the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, said during his Address to the EU Foreign Affairs Council.

"Putin wants to steal normal life and stability from every European family. Be it by energy blackmail and rising prices, shortages of agricultural goods, or by propaganda and lies, or by attempting to destabilize governments. Russia’s true objective is the immiseration of Europe. He wants Europeans and Russians to live equally badly", Jukeba emphasized.

According to him, Putin wants to turn public opinion against acting governments in the hope to replace them with radical forces that would be more favorable to Russia. Although, backing down and bowing to his demands will not work, since it has never worked, Kuleba believes.

"This is a trap. I am sure that in the following weeks there will be more Kremlin-leaning voices nudging the public opinion into giving Putin what he wants so that he leaves Europe alone", the Minister added.

Kuleba emphasized that if Russia sensed weakness, consequences would be far worse than what we were seeing today.

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