Even before the attack on Ukraine, at one of the speeches of Putin's puppet Lukashenko, there was a map next to him on which Ukraine was divided into several parts. The same map was repeatedly seen in the Russian media as well. All this suggests that such a plan really existed and the Russians were staking on it.
In this video, I will explain to you step by step what Putin's plan was and how he wanted to carry it out to avoid responsibility.
But first, let's look inside Putin's head and get to know his ideology and his thought process. Then we can understand why Putin does what he does.
According to Vladimir Putin and his supporters, Ukraine is an artificial nation that was created by accident, as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
For years, the Russian media has been manipulating public opinion, convincing Russians and Europeans that Ukraine is a fake country and should not be on the map of Europe.
Putin believes that Russia was too weak in 1991 to prevent the collapse of its empire. All the republics of the former Soviet Union gained independence from Moscow, practically for nothing. All because Moscow had no way to prevent it at the time.
Putin effectively denied Ukraine the right to self-determination - to be an independent free state. The Ukrainian people must be reeducated. They must be reminded that they are not Ukrainians, but Russians who have forgotten their history.
Putin often shared all this with the public. He sincerely believed it and convinced others of it.
After coming to power, Vladimir Putin and the Russian elites decided to amend history.
Putin decided to bring at least two countries back under Moscow's control - Ukraine and Belarus.
And if Belarus was easily returned with the help of the controlled Alexander Lukashenko, Putin had serious problems with Ukraine.
Year after year, Ukraine became more and more distant from Russia, becoming a pro-European and pro-American country. Ukraine wanted to join NATO and become part of the European Union as well. If this had happened, Ukraine would have been lost to Putin forever.
Putin well remembers the words of Zbigniew Brzezinski, who said that Russia would never be a full-fledged empire without Ukraine.
Therefore, at some point Putin decided that Ukraine could only be taken back militarily, since other methods would not work. But he wanted to secure himself so that he would not run into international isolation.
In the first phase, the Russian army was to conduct a blitzkrieg in Ukraine, completely disarming the Ukrainian military forces.
The Ukrainian government, president, parliament, and ministers were to be literally liquidated. And chaos was to ensue in the country.
In the second stage, Putin planned to occupy all of eastern, southern and central Ukraine. And begin to establish his own power.
Putin never believed that the Ukrainians themselves could offer serious resistance to the Russian army.
But he feared the reaction of Europe and the United States.
So he decided to share responsibility for the takeover of Ukraine with Poland, Hungary and Romania.
The fact is that Western Ukraine has a complicated history.
Part of the lands, even before 1939 belonged to Poland.
The other part, called Zakarpattya, belonged to Hungary, and Bukovina belonged to Romania before World War II.
For years, Putin has been negotiating behind the scenes, enticing Poland to take parts of western Ukraine.
Former Polish President Sikorski attests to this in an interview.
And Putin hoped to the end that the Poles would go along with this temptation.
But he needed someone to make such a move first.
And this is where Viktor Orban, president of Hungary, was going to help Putin.
He has long been a friend of Putin's and supports him as much as he can.
Hungary is the only country in the European Union that blocks anti-Russian sanctions. It bans arms shipments through its territory to Ukraine. And it constantly criticizes Ukraine and its leadership.
After Putin's blitzkrieg, Hungary had to introduce its troops into Transcarpathia, ostensibly to protect the Hungarians living there. And they, by the way, do live there in large numbers.
Thus, Hungary had to create a precedent, after which Romania and Poland had to do the same to protect their people in Western Ukraine.
By dividing Ukraine into four parts, Putin could have shared the responsibility for the invasion. He would not have looked like the aggressor and occupant as he looks now, and he would have been able to avoid many sanctions and international isolation.
