Detta stycke ur artikeln visar att Ryssland hade tänkt ta över kontrollen över Kiev inom ett par dagar:
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"Did anyone in the old European capitals, in Paris and Berlin, seriously believe that Moscow would give up Kyiv? That the Russians will forever be a divided people?"
En intressant mening:
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"Russia is restoring its unity - the tragedy of 1991, this terrible catastrophe in our history, its unnatural dislocation, has been overcome."
Vad hände 1991? Jo:
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Den 25 december 1991 upplöstes Sovjetunionen och ersattes av 15 självständiga stater.
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovjetunionens_uppl%C3%B6sning
Ytterligare ett par intressanta meningar ur artikeln:
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"But Ukraine will no longer be anti-Russia. Russia is restoring its historical fullness, gathering the Russian world, the Russian people together - in all its totality of Great Russians, Belarusians and Little Russians."
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"If we had abandoned this, if we had allowed the temporary division to take hold for centuries, then we would not only betray the memory of our ancestors, but would also be cursed by our descendants for allowing the disintegration of the Russian land."
Denna mening antyder att Ryssland räknade med att ha kontroll över hela Ukraina inom några dagar:
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"Now this problem is gone - Ukraine has returned to Russia."
Denna mening antyder att Ryssland redan vid ett tidigt skede tänkt justera gränserna:
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"The West sees the return of Russia to its historical borders in Europe."
Källa: https://web.archive.org/web/20220226051154/https://ria.ru/20220226/rossiya-1775162336.html
