Putin called the aim of attacking Ukraine "defense of Russia itself" (video)

At a meeting with students, the President of the Russian Federation stated that the Kremlin was leading a war against Ukraine to protect against "threats in the surrounding territories. " According to Putin, now the Russians need to find out "who we are today in this world. " On Wednesday, January 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Russian students in the Lomonosov cluster of MSU and stated that the main purpose of the war against Ukraine is to "defense of Russia itself.

" The corresponding video is published in Russian telegrams, Focus reports. The head of state-aggressor noted that students can "sharper and most accurately understand the need for" actions of the Russian Federation on people living in the temporarily occupied territories of Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions.

"The goal, as I have spoken many times, first of all, the protection of people and the protection of Russia itself from those threats that are trying to create our historical territories in the adjacent ones," Putin said. In addition, the Russian president stated that it is important to "understand who we are today, who are in this complex world", "what is the future" Russian Federation and the role of the state "in the multipolar world.

" Putin also promised to think about involving students in the "restoration" of the territories of Ukraine occupied by Russia in view of security issues there. In the process of communicating with students, Putin also touched the topic of Russian culture, which, according to him, the countries of the event want to "cancel". According to the Russian President, the Russian Federation is not going to abandon Beethoven, Bach or O. Henry and Russia, "will not live without world classics.